It's nice to see that the ACCC are doing their job. Does anyone know what the situation in the UK is with regards complaints to the relevant authorities? I would be very, very surprised indeed if the Trading Standards Authority, in their new guise and with things to prove, allow the sale of Linux licenses to UK residents and companies by SCO before a decision is reached in court with regards the allegations against the Linux kernel.
One of the strongest driving forces in certain more 'exotic' areas with regards OSS is companies paying developers to create GPL'd OSS software for them to use. If something you need doesn't exist, and you need it, and you're utterly bent on using OSS for perhaps financial security reasons, or similar, then this could be the route for you. It guarantees that your software will be free for ever more, and further that any improvements made by others will be yours to use too.
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It's nice to see that the ACCC are doing their job. Does anyone know what the situation in the UK is with regards complaints to the relevant authorities? I would be very, very surprised indeed if the Trading Standards Authority, in their new guise and with things to prove, allow the sale of Linux licenses to UK residents and companies by SCO before a decision is reached in court with regards the allegations against the Linux kernel.
Sorry, forgot the link! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item =3078910291&category=4672
...any potential fiscal lunatics can check it out here.
One of the strongest driving forces in certain more 'exotic' areas with regards OSS is companies paying developers to create GPL'd OSS software for them to use. If something you need doesn't exist, and you need it, and you're utterly bent on using OSS for perhaps financial security reasons, or similar, then this could be the route for you. It guarantees that your software will be free for ever more, and further that any improvements made by others will be yours to use too.