From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 09:52:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 09:52:17 -0400 Received: from mark.mielke.cc ([216.209.85.42]:3083 "EHLO mark.mielke.cc") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 09:52:16 -0400 Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:46:04 -0400 From: Mark Mielke To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Peter_W=E4chtler?= Cc: Karim Yaghmour , Larry McVoy , "Adam J. Richter" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: business models [was patent stuff] Message-ID: <20020528094604.A16952@mark.mielke.cc> In-Reply-To: <200205272152.OAA03070@adam.yggdrasil.com> <20020527152452.A24502@work.bitmover.com> <3CF2BE26.4FF03387@opersys.com> <3CF34DF4.9050905@loewe-komp.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 11:29:24AM +0200, Peter Wächtler wrote: > Karim Yaghmour wrote: > > I agree that this should go on some other list, but 'til then, here > > are my 2c. No offense Larry, but many of your arguments are the > > same used by Microsoft to push their vision of publicly available > > source. > Just a quick suggestion: keep Linux open (THE operating system) as basis > for future development, enhancement. I think it's called "public facility" > like power plants and infrastructure that is needed for a healthy society > (at least politicians shall work for the publics benefit). Just for a quick interjection... under the model you describe, the governments of this world should be paying for linux kernel development. :-) mark -- mark@mielke.cc/markm@ncf.ca/markm@nortelnetworks.com __________________________ . . _ ._ . . .__ . . ._. .__ . . . .__ | Neighbourhood Coder |\/| |_| |_| |/ |_ |\/| | |_ | |/ |_ | | | | | | \ | \ |__ . | | .|. |__ |__ | \ |__ | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them... http://mark.mielke.cc/