Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Why Linux Won't Splinter

Author:Erik Neu
Posted:11/19/1999; 9:10:37 AM
Topic:Why Linux Won't Splinter
Msg #:13216
Prev/Next:13215 / 13217

I found this article educational and enlightening.

"in a seeming paradox, Open Source developers regard the right to fork as a mechanism that protects against the actual possibility of a fork. At the same time, they view the absence of that right in the Sun Community Source License (SCSL), used for Java, Solaris, and Jini, earns derision for the SCSL as a feeble substitute for the more permissive GPL."

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