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Plan9 is now Officially Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-isn't-that-special dept.

DrSkwid writes "The OSI have approved the revised license for the plan 9 operating system according to attendees returning from this year's Usenix Bof."

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  1. Do you read books? by solidhen · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    Most of the time you don't have the right to freely redistribute copyrighted material from books.

    You don't want to accidently read a book for obvious reasons.

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  2. hmmm by Machine9 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    would you really use an OS that takes it's name from "plan 9 from outer space" ?

    it's only the world's WORST movie...ever...

    It's even worse then "the boy with the golden arm" every geek should see it.

    yeah, offtopic, I know...if only there was a +1 tangent mod.

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  3. It cannot be... by Sfing_ter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    this cannot be Open sourced, it is OWNED by SCO as they own all Unix, and Unix-like products. They said so... uh huh. :)

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  4. Boromir: Ammendment by Slime-dogg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You should change your sig. Everyone knows that Faramir is the "Steward of Gondor," and not the King. In fact, he was so distraught (and insane) at the return of the actual King (Aragorn), that he committed suicide.

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