Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 06:50:43 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org> To: reyesf@super.zippo.com Cc: uwp@ukrv.de, freebsd-platforms@freebsd.org Subject: Re: platforms question Message-ID: <199712181150.GAA00734@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199712180917.BAA23701@super.zippo.com> from Francisco Reyes at "Dec 18, 97 04:17:13 am"
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Francisco Reyes said: > On Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:05:59 +0100 (MET), Udo Wolter wrote: > > >Do you mean, Sun will develop an own implementation of FreeBSD ? Back to > >SunOS again (yes, PLEASE ! Solaris sucks...) ? Will they sell it ? > > > >Any more Infos ? > > > I don't think the BSD license will allow Sun to "own" the port. > Besides this Sun division doesn't care (harware division) about > making money on the software they want to sale more Sparcs. My take > once the port is up to a reasonable state that it will be back to the > volunteers. > Actually, I think that Sun could theoretically grab it and hide it away (paraphrasing our GPL friends.) They won't though, due to Sun Microelectronics not being in the OS business. They want to sell chips. The freer the OS, the cheaper the price to use the chips. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.
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