On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 07:12:49 +0000 (UTC), Martin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > ..this Groklaw thread suggests we cannot do a GPL port to Sun's new > > OpenSolaris, as we risk lawsuits: > > No, and the reason is stated here: > > >> Because Sun is not opening their patents to the entire open source > >> community under any license, anyone who works on CDDL code and/or > >> reviews the Sun patents is now tainted [...] > > "Porting to" OpenSolaris and "working on" OpenSolaris are two totally > different topics. BTW: ..riiight, we all can agree on that, now try keeep in mind _none_ of us are IBM, and The SCO Group is still running its 2 yr old Â419 scam in the 9'th Circuit Court before Judge Kimball in SLC, Utah. ..I mean, can _you_ disprove TSG's claim "Linus stole UNIX code"? As in; pay your own pack of law sharks, a court reporter's etc travel etc expenses to go visit Linus and have him get his lawyer etc to help his testify under oath "Hell no, I wrote it myself!"? .."eh, no?" Then TSG's claim "Linus stole UNIX code" becomes a legally established case law fact. > 1.) we get around 300 downloads of the Solaris package per _year_, ..yeah, it's "we risk losing" say "300 Solaris people" against "I risk losing my home" etc on a patent infringement lawsuit from Sun, AFAICT. ..in Norway, I'm expected to know all about patents in my field, (which BTW thank God is thermochemical gasification ;o) ) as the expected due diligence, while Americans and software developers do their due diligence by _NOT!!!_ knowing _anything_ about patents. Yeehaw. > 2.) I expect the sol8 package to run on sol9 and OpenSolaris as well. > > So why should be bother .... ..if our sol8 port works for sol9 and sol10 and OpenSolaris, we're home free, whether or not this continues to be the case, Sun decides. _If_ they decide to introduce Microsoft-style "DR-DOS errors" against us, my recommendation is we pull _all_ Solaris support, and go public on Groklaw and whatever else media is listening, it would also help Sun's remaining few supporters in the open source world push Sun C-level staff towards GPL and ditch their their cuddly "TSCOG" CDDL license. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
