Thanks Martijn.
On 11/19/05, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 11:07:55AM -0500, Ezra Taylor wrote:
> > Hello all:
> > Just to let you all know, Sun is in trouble. Linux is
> > taking alot of business away from Sun. Can we trust Sun to do the
> > right thing. Also, if Sun adds any code to PG, will it continue to be
> > opensource product. As you can tell, I don't trust these big IT
> > companies, but they are a necessary evil. How can we protect
> > ourselves from Sun if they plan to shaft us.
>
> Umm, if the code they submit is under a BSD licence then it doesn't
> matter what they do, we can use it for whatever purpose we like, with
> or without their permission. And if they don't put it under the right
> licence, we don't include it. I really don't see how they can hurt us
> in any way on that front.
>
> Patents are the danger, but no more from Sun than anybody else.
>
> Have a nice day,
> --
> Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> > Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> > tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> > else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
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