On May 7, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: > On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 2:52 PM, John J. McLaughlin <flash at systemnews.com > > wrote: >> >> Randall Kennedy writes: >> >> http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisedesktop/archives/2008/05/how_nix_politic.html >> >> This week it's OpenSolaris, the new kid on the FOSS block that may >> not be >> quite as "open" as Sun would like us to believe. That's because, >> despite >> public statements to the contrary, Sun may not "own" the Unix IP in >> the way >> that most of us think of ownership. In fact, it's looking more and >> more like >> the only true IP holder is Novell >> Randall's statements and the referenced blog >> >> http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/opensolaris-arrives-just-to-die >> >> feel like "FUD". > > This has been discussed before: > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2007-August/033330.html
As a reminder, there's an emancipation project for the stuff Sun won't be able to open (legally or otherwise): http://opensolaris.org/os/project/emancipation/ Alex Leverington
