Well, not quite about the GPL (except that the GNU President declared SUN's CDDL "GPL incompatible" for various reasons and ruled that "a module covered by the GPL and a module covered by the CDDL cannot legally be linked together. We urge you not to use the CDDL for this reason. Also unfortunate in the CDDL is its use of the term "intellectual property" <www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html>"), but still funny.
-------- Re: Question for the Day backinfullforce Male http://news.com.com/Firing+up+IBMs+Unix+business+-+page+2/2008-1010_3-6101559-2.html http://news.com.com/IBM+takes+potshots+at+OpenSolaris/2100-7344_3-6106360.html I find it strange and don't think it to be coincidence that Ross Mauri and Scott Handy and Dan Frye don't seem to have a problem sounding like complete imbeciles and to undercut the credibility of their statements taking stabs at Sun Microsystems for precisely open sourcing its Solaris OS while at the same time using the opportunity to tell and repeat that IBM's AIX OS will stay closed source, including the reasons why. No less. I mean, the three gentlemen could have touted IBM's many truly open source initiatives dwarfing Sun Microsystems' fake OpenSolaris initiative without saying a word about closing AIX. So, what is the real message IBM wants to get across? BTW The Joke of Today is this one: Hello, LinuxWorld! - It's so nice to have you back where you belong - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 15 2006 @ 06:20 PM EDT Howdy from Moscone North! Yes, Im here at LinuxWorld in San Francisco. My biggest disappointment is how many of the "Linux Vendors" are running Windows for their demonstrations. It's not that there's no Linux (or Open Source) equivalent of Powerpoint or Word or even Internet Explorer. But some of the larger vendors (including Motorola, Oracle and LinuxWorld itself!) are running Windows and Microsoft software when Open Sourced software clearly exists. Shame, Shame, Shame! - Authored by: PJ on Tuesday, August 15 2006 @ 07:53 PM EDT Well, you should definitely tell LinuxWorld folks. Don Marti has a blog now for comments about LW. Do tell him of your disappointment. But keep in mind that it's a fresh start, and it may take a while for everything to get in gear. End of Joke. So, larger vendors such as Motorola and Oracle are back to running Windows in Linuxworld, because Linuxworld - "in new hands I am happy to say" - is freshly relaunched. -------- regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss