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Torvalds vs Schwartz GPL Wars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the which-one-is-han-solo dept.

javipas writes "The controversial message published by Linus Torvalds (mirrored) in the Linux Kernel Mailing List was from the beginning to the end an open attack to Sun and its Open Source strategy. Linus criticized Sun's real position on GPL, and claimed that Linux could be dangerous to Sun. Upon his words, "they may be talking a lot more [about Open Source] than they are or ever will be doing." Jonathan Schwartz's blog has been updated today with a post that is a direct response to Linus claims, but in a much more elegant and coherent way. Sun's CEO notes that "Companies compete, communities simply fracture", and tries to explain why using GPL licenses is taking so long."

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  1. Schwartz should reply in a mailing list by yohanes · · Score: 2, Funny

    So this could be a new historical Linus debate.

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  2. ahh.... by Mockylock · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I see your shwartz is as big as mine."

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    1. Re:ahh.... by Tolkien · · Score: 4, Funny

      I felt a disturbance in the shwartz, as if millions of nerds clicked past TFA and read the comments for these sorts of jokes.

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  3. oh man by mewsenews · · Score: 4, Funny

    And to prove the sincerity of the offer, I invite you to my house for dinner. I'll cook, you bring the wine.

    most.. awkward.. date.. ever.

    1. Re:oh man by Pojut · · Score: 2, Funny

      They better keep a close eyes on the maids...I get the feeling one of them will look suspiciously like Bill Gates.

      Better check them for recording devices too.

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    2. Re:oh man by Wylfing · · Score: 2, Funny

      It gets much worse when he shows up and there are candles lit and Barry White on the stereo.

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  4. Curse you by BlackCobra43 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Excuse me while I go selectively erase the mental image of Bill Gates in a French maid uniform from my memory with the time-tested method of blunt trauma to the head.

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    1. Re:Curse you by c · · Score: 2, Funny

      > Excuse me while I go selectively erase the mental image of Bill Gates in a French
      > maid uniform

      Just imagine the grin on Melinda's face as she dresses him that morning:

      "Oh, don't worry dear. It's what all the other CEO's are wearing".

      c.

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  5. Re:Not a bad Linus message by asninn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also of note is Theo's de Raadt message in Sun's blog: "[...] So I think that Linus is right"

    Wow. Hell must've frozen over...

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