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Redhat Spins Off Fedora Project

Blahbooboo3 writes "In a bid to attract a larger following among developers, Red Hat has spun off its Fedora open source project into a more independent foundation. As part of the transition, the Fedora open source project will transfer development work and copyright ownership of contributed code to the foundation but Red Hat will continue to provide substantial financial and engineering support." From the article: "The proposed patents common, which mimics the Creative Commons licensing scheme for creative works including art and music, is designed to enable developers to exchange ideas with fewer concerns about patent infringement. and Red Hat's efforts to lobby for patent reform in the U.S. and Europe."

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  1. Wasn't FC already... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wasn't Fedora a spinoff already? If so, we could have our generations' Happy Days. Linus as the Fonze? More like Richie. ESR can be Mork.

  2. Re:Why use fedora? by hotdiggitydawg · · Score: 3, Funny

    The brim keeps the rain off your face, whereas a Debian tin-foil skullcap doesn't.

  3. Re:Why use fedora? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Off the top of my head...

    No, on the top of your head, silly. It keeps the sun out of your eyes.

  4. Re:I wish RedHat would just die by PsychoSid · · Score: 2, Funny
    I have a nickname for RH I call it Red Crap.

    With sparkling wit like that I cannot believe you are posting anonymously.

    Shout your name from the rooftops. Fame awaits !

  5. Re:Ubuntu ? by chrisbtoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gentoo's growth rate is fast but they still are only around 63,000 servers

    There would be a load more than that, but we're all still waiting for it to finish compiling.

    --
    Registering accounts later than some other chrisb since 1997
  6. Re:How are you measuring this success? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Netcraft comfirms it. RedHat is, um, living?