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[ILUG] Re: Sun goes fully open source!

[ILUG] Re: Sun goes fully open source!

Ben Collins bcollins at debian.org
Sat Oct 2 01:29:31 IST 1999


On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 01:07:18AM +0100, John Gay wrote:
> 
> 
> First, IBM, HP, Sun etc . . . join in supporting Linux, Then Apple starts
> releasing portions of Mac OS, and now . . .

Sorry, but this is far from fully open source. If you fix bugs, you are
required by the license to report the changes to Sun. If you use it in
a commercial environment, you have to pay a license.

Ben




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