As the author of the BusinessWeek Online article in question, I just want to say a couple of things.
First, I actually appreciate all the mail I;ve gotten from SlashDotters (as well as GrokLawyers and others). I;ve replied to some of you, but I can;t possibly reply to everyone.
Second, I want to correct two things in Commnader Taco's post. First, I never said that Linux is not safe. I poses some challenges to developers anfd has some particular risks in patent litigation, but I centrainly didn't discourage nayone from using it. And I did not recommend relicensing GPLed software under a different license. I did suggest modifying the GPL and my model, on reflection in the week-plus since I worte the article, would be the Apache license.
Finally, I want to correct one point in the article itself. I was incorrect in saying that SCO had purched the UNIX trademarks from Novell. The purchased certain trademarks, inlcuding Unixware and (maybe) Unix System Labs. The basic UNIX trademarks, which aren;t worth very much at this point, have been assigned to the Open Group.
Steve Wildstrom
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BusinessWeek
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As the author of the BusinessWeek Online article in question, I just want to say a couple of things. First, I actually appreciate all the mail I;ve gotten from SlashDotters (as well as GrokLawyers and others). I;ve replied to some of you, but I can;t possibly reply to everyone. Second, I want to correct two things in Commnader Taco's post. First, I never said that Linux is not safe. I poses some challenges to developers anfd has some particular risks in patent litigation, but I centrainly didn't discourage nayone from using it. And I did not recommend relicensing GPLed software under a different license. I did suggest modifying the GPL and my model, on reflection in the week-plus since I worte the article, would be the Apache license. Finally, I want to correct one point in the article itself. I was incorrect in saying that SCO had purched the UNIX trademarks from Novell. The purchased certain trademarks, inlcuding Unixware and (maybe) Unix System Labs. The basic UNIX trademarks, which aren;t worth very much at this point, have been assigned to the Open Group. Steve Wildstrom Technology & You columnist BusinessWeek