Plan9 is now Officially Open Source

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."

Comments

waaaaht?

[Anonymous Coward]

Plan9 is opensource?!

Screenshots

[Gortbusters.org]

From the screenshots, doesn't look like it has a ton of bells and whistles.

Site before being slashdotted

[Anonymous Coward]

In case of a slashdot! Lucent Public License Version 1.01 (see also notes about OSI approval) THE ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS PUBLIC LICENSE ("AGREEMENT"). ANY USE, REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. 1. DEFINITIONS "Contribution" means: 1. in the case of Lucent Technologies Inc. ("LUCENT"), the Original Program, and 2. in the case of each Contributor, 1. changes to the Program, and 2. additions to the Program; where such changes and/or additions to the Program originate from and are "Contributed" by that particular Contributor. A Contribution is "Contributed" by a Contributor only (i) if it was added to the Program by such Contributor itself or anyone acting on such Contributor's behalf, and (ii) the Contributor explicitly consents, in accordance with Section 3C, to characterization of the changes and/or additions as Contributions. "Contributor" means LUCENT and any other entity that has Contributed a Contribution to the Program. "Distributor" means a Recipient that distributes the Program, modifications to the Program, or any part thereof. "Licensed Patents" mean patent claims licensable by a Contributor which are necessarily infringed by the use or sale of its Contribution alone or when combined with the Program. "Original Program" means the original version of the software accompanying this Agreement as released by LUCENT, including source code, object code and documentation, if any. "Program" means the Original Program and Contributions or any part thereof "Recipient" means anyone who receives the Program under this Agreement, including all Contributors. 2. GRANT OF RIGHTS 1. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby grants Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, distribute and sublicense the Contribution of such Contributor, if any, and such derivative works, in source code and object code form. 2. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby grants Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent license under Licensed Patents to make, use, sell, offer to sell, import and otherwise transfer the Contribution of such Contributor, if any, in source code and object code form. The patent license granted by a Contributor shall also apply to the combination of the Contribution of that Contributor and the Program if, at the time the Contribution is added by the Contributor, such addition of the Contribution causes such combination to be covered by the Licensed Patents. The patent license granted by a Contributor shall not apply to (i) any other combinations which include the Contribution, nor to (ii) Contributions of other Contributors. No hardware per se is licensed hereunder. 3. Recipient understands that although each Contributor grants the licenses to its Contributions set forth herein, no assurances are provided by any Contributor that the Program does not infringe the patent or other intellectual property rights of any other entity. Each Contributor disclaims any liability to Recipient for claims brought by any other entity based on infringement of intellectual property rights or otherwise. As a condition to exercising the rights and licenses granted hereunder, each Recipient hereby assumes sole responsibility to secure any other intellectual property rights needed, if any. For example, if a third party patent license is required to allow Recipient to distribute the Program, it is Recipient's responsibility to acquire that license before distributing the Program. 4. Each Contributor represents that to its knowledge it has sufficient copyright rights in its Contribution, if any, to grant the copyright license set forth in this Agreement. 3. REQUIREMENTS A. Distributor may choose to distribute the Program in any form under this Agreement or under its own license agreement, provided that: 1. it complies with the ter

So it is only a matter of minutes...

[praedor]

before SCO starts making claims that Plan9 is also violating SCO's intellectual rights.

The real question is....

[botzi]

..what the heck is that thingy on the logo?????

Hell, it's ugly.... not as ugly as me, but certainly is some competition;o)))))

Re:Troll Alert

[Alcohol Fueled]

Rofl. One of the funniest posts I've seen. =)