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I'm not sure if things will turn out as Sun thinks they will, assuming the presumptions made here are correct.
1 posted on 02/11/2007 7:37:23 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
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To: Golden Eagle

Wow, look at that. Torvalds is more capitalist than the folks at Sun are.


2 posted on 02/11/2007 7:38:02 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing (Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. That's why Picasa is on Linux and not Mac.)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Well, if I correctly remember, V.2 of the GPL guaranteed that any software using it would agree to future versions, as well.

That is a stupid, socialist idea. If they added in that you were to give them $100,000, then you would have to do that, in theory. They just had "faith" that FSF wouldn't so something that stupid.

That said, they did with V.3. Requiring you give up all your pertinent patents to use the license is crazy.

I like the CDDL and the BSD. Why not allow people to make their own stuff and not choose to give it away for free?


3 posted on 02/11/2007 7:51:09 PM PST by ConservativeMind
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
I shot an error into the air.
It's still going everywhere.
4 posted on 02/11/2007 8:05:43 PM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
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