Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Dec 2004 01:56:36 -0800 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.9 and the GPL Buyout |
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On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 03:27:23PM -0600, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: [...] > Despite dubious reporting and wild conjecture, the buyout was not geared > towards helping SCO, or in concert with M$ as some sort of grand > conspiracy. It was geared towards creating a new licensing and legal > model for open source development. The Cherokee Nation is enacting > legislation to promote open source development. So the whole buyout > was me and a few folks attempting to convert Linux GPL code into > a licensing model and Cherokee Nation Copyrights that renders the > code sovereign and immune from litigation outside of tribal courts > and jurisdiction. So much for all the SCO and other legal wranglings > regarding this effort and open source in general. We are immune from > these people and so are any projects that use our licensing or host > on our servers. I personally told Darl "Mad Dog" McBride at SCO > good luck and to buzz off. [...]
As interesting and informative as this is, maybe there needs to be a mailing list (linux-politics-discuss?) or something to serve as an appropriate outlet for these kinds of discussions (as well as bitkeeper licensing issues, C++ modules, etc.). It's a bit difficult to appreciate the relevance of this kind of "political" message to a list dedicated to kernel programming and cold, hard code.
Congratulations on your new directions and position. I hope there will soon be a place for which your informative announcements are more appropriate than linux-kernel.
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