On 11/8/06, Mhac Janapin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
novell is not *legally* THE representative of the Linux community, right? Even with its own Linux Distro, most of it are protected by GNU-GPL, right? Or am i just being naive here?
There's no one keeper. FWIW Novell and Microsoft are working together for the benefit of their own respective technologies and communities, which, although may overlap the Linux community in some parts, nonetheless does not represent the whole. These two companies also made it clear that, while they will be working cooperatively for certain endeavors, this doesn't mean that they won't be competing for more marketshare. I suppose its just about time people realize that there's no one entity controlling Linux or FOSS in general, not even Linus Torvalds or Richard Stallman. Corporations, being the `legal' person they are, are also free to do whatever it is in their best interests, but everyone else should be vigilant. Cheers, Zakame -- Zak B. Elep || http://zakame.spunge.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
