http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2136285,00.html
Quote: "A UK IT industry body backed by Microsoft, IBM, Intel, BAE Systems and other high-tech heavyweights has urged the UK government to show restraint in its use of open-source software, particularly software covered by the General Public License." and apparently we can't trust Sun either. They're in on this whole SCO thing: http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6976 Seems SCO's filing annual filing with the SEC exposed some interesting info, to whit: " We initiated the SCOsource effort to review the status of these licensing and sublicensing agreements and to identify others in the industry that may be currently using our intellectual property without obtaining the necessary licenses. *****[this is where it gets interesting]***** This effort resulted in the execution of two license agreements during the April 30, 2003 quarter. The first of these licenses was with a long-time licensee of the UNIX source code which is a major participant in the UNIX industry and was a"clean-up" license to cover items that were outside the scope of the initial license. The second license was to Microsoft Corporation("Microsoft"), and covers Microsoft's UNIX compatibility products, subject to certain specified limitations. These license agreements will be typical of those we expect to enter into with developers, manufacturers, and distributors of operating systems in that they are non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, paid up licenses to utilize the UNIX source code, including the right to sublicense that code." The proprietary boys will *never* accept the GPL, and that's a fact jack. -- + Joe Hill + Registered Linux user #282046 + Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net + ICQ# 279518458 + "I'm even lethal when I'm unarmed, + cuz I'm louder than a bomb!" + - Chuck D, Public Enemy
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