Re: [MLUG] Sun to Release Solaris Code Under Open-Source

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Herbert Wolverson

wrote in part:

>I saw on Slashdot that SCO are complaining about this. One has to wonder how
many big companies they can try to sue at once....

If one agrees with the assumption that the American legal system is much like a lottery, then one would surmise that SCO are simply playing numbers. Much like Bubba who spends his entire McDonalds paycheck on "scratchers", SCO is hoping that by suing as many companies as possible they will win by the luck of the draw.

>In terms of GPL-licensing Solaris, that'd surprise me too.

I think that'd surprise just about everyone. SUN has demonstrated a poor track record with the community, due to their wishy-washy "we love Linux", "

>On the other hand, the Java Desktop System has one of the largest, least comprehensible license
agreements that I've ever seen.

That must be why SUN's Schwartz insists that Red Hat is proprietary. And why down is up and black is white.

>It makes MS EULAs look like plain English!

When I first read that, I thought you wrote "pain" English, which would somehow be fitting :-P~~~

>Sun's been known for internal conflicts between the development and the hardware groups for a while - I suspect that this
is spreading into a license battle, too.

Interesting perspective. You might have something there. Sun does seem to have a love/hate relationship with the rest of the FOSS community.

There's my 2 cents.

Matt
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