> On Dec 17, 2020, at 3:35 AM, Thomas Bendler <ml at bendler-net.de> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 1:42 AM Nate Duehr <nate at denverpilot.com> wrote: > >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Matti Pulkkinen" <mkjpul at 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 > -- > Linux ... enjoy the ride! > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos