Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Thufir ] on Wednesday 13 June 2007 02:35 \__
>
>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:58:18 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> [...]
>>> Solaris can never be Linux
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Things haven't changed much at Sun. When Sun launched its |
>>> OpenSolaris project in 2005 it used the Common Development and |
>>> Distribution Licence - which is incompatible withb the GPL - and | some
>>> system code was not released.
>> [...]
>>
>> Now that Solaris is GPL'ed, surely there will be cross pollination?
>>
>> Even if Linus has a hate-on for solaris, there must be at least *one*
>> thing which solaris which linux lacks which, thanks to their GPL
>> compatability, can now make it from solaris to linux. Of course, this is
>> a two way street, which is good...
>
> Sun have apparently just pressured Linus into considering (at least
> *considering*) dual licensing Linux (GPLv2+3). It's in the kernel's mailing
> lists...
>
Now why would Sun want to do that? Perhaps they're considering the same
con-trick as Microsoft?
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