On Dec 17, 2020, at 3:35 AM, Thomas Bendler ml@bendler-net.de wrote:
On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 1:42 AM Nate Duehr nate@denverpilot.com wrote:
------ Original Message ------ From: "Matti Pulkkinen" mkjpul@utu.fi
As someone who is considering moving to OL, I wonder if you could
elaborate clearly on what specific concerns you have, without the insinuation and analogy? Oracle's proposition [1] seems pretty straightforward to me.
That they'' eventually treat it to the same lawyers who've changed Java licensing.
That is quite unlikely because JAVA is something they own since they bought SUN. OEL, however, is something they build based on RHELs work. In this respect, they only own the logos and the like, but that's it. So they might in the future stop the free usage of OEL, but they can't sue anyone. The only exception would be when you illegitimately use their logos or where else they own the copyright/ trademark.
Of course, everybody makes one’s own predictions, and suffers from them if they don’t come true.
I made a prediction that CentOS will last, and did enjoy it to be true for about decade and a half. Which was long.
Thanks again, guys, for your excellent work in the past. And good luck to you in the future.
Valeri
Kind regards Thomas
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