Messages in this thread | | | From | "Khimenko Victor" <> | Date | Sun, 20 Sep 1998 03:06:51 +0400 (MSD) | Subject | Re: Open letter to the UDI folks? |
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19-Sep-98 17:17 you wrote: > I'm thinking this business about UDI from SCO/Intel calls for a community > response -- basically, an open letter urging the consortium to include > OSD-conformant licensing of drivers as one of their conformance criteria.
Since UDI is related to I2O it's clear that not all UDI drivers could be open-source. So there are will be few levels of conformance ("partially compliant", "conditionally compliant"...). But UDI-compliant drivers without "any words attached" must be under OSD-conformant licensing...
> Seems to me this is the kind of jawboning is precisely the sort of > thing we ought to be using my mainstream visibility for (current batch > of interviews upcoming: Upside, Fast Company, Le Monde, and the NY > Times business section).
> I'm willing to draft that letter, and will invite signatories from the > LI Board and the kernel list. OTOH, if anyone else has a case that > they can do a better job, I will cheerfully defer to it.
> I've looked for a contact address for the UDI people, but have yet to find > one. Anybody got a line?
There are few lines at http://www.sco.com/udi/ : -- cut -- Contacts
For more information, contact:
Chair: Kevin Quick, +1 214 654 5173 kquick@iphase.com Vice Chair: Mark Evenson, +1 408 447 5601 mevenson@cup.hp.com Secretary: John Lee, +1 650 786 5323 John.Lee@eng.sun.com Editor: Kurt Gollhardt, +1 908 790 2277 kdg@sco.com -- cut --
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