Gnu Man wrote:
That would be like cutting off the head to cure the headache.
The root of the problem is IP (intellectual property). Open source needs a system to protect everyone that copyrighted code is not entered into their source trees.
I'm afraid if this problem is not fixed, Open Source Software's future does not look very good.
On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 17:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 8/5/03 4:47:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Their plan is to offer a Licensing Scheme and sue everyone that doesn't > purchase a license for a kernel 2.4 or later version of Linux. >>
OK, let's think logically. IFF 2.4 code and later is problematic, what is the
last non-problematic code? Take that, diverge off, and leave SCO in a pile
of doggydoo.
I seem to recall this wheel spinning about 10 years back or thereabouts. AT&T lost their shirt. BSD diverged off, and now look where it is. Seven files were pulled out and rewritten. It took several months. Linux could easily do the same thing, and leave SCO in the dust!
Food for thought.....
Bob Keys
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