-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Druid wrote:
There is already web based *NIX admin tool with webmin, but the IP on the this tool is a little murky. (I think SCO as caldera are involved somewhere here). Developing a web version for Yast might open some legal issues if not handled correctly, and I do not think that a design team would be happy with to develop with the constraint of not moving to close to the webmin model.
What the?????? My eyes almost jumped out of my face when I read this.
Do you have any idea what you are talking about? Do you know the history of webmin? SCO are involved in somewhere? Wtf is that bizarre non-sense fud? Are you taking drugs? Can you show where they were involved? Can you point a reference?
Might open some legal issues? If not handled correctly? What type of legal issues? Please specify. Are you a lawyer?
Do you know whats the license of webmin? What are the constraints of moving or not moving to the webmin model?
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The short text you wrote is meaningless, except for the times you simply state wrong information. I know its cool to participate and stuff, but dont talk about what you dont udnerstand, and dont spread fud, please.
Thanks
Marcio
Firstly I am not talking about webmin itself, what I am talking about who would be in situation to query the status of a YaST webmin-like tool (and the purpose of such a query). Sometimes I think you need to get your brain in gear before attacking the keyboard :-) Also AFAIK, the status of all variants of the GPL (or any other OS licence ) has as of yet, not been fully tested in a court (i.e. a judge has made a ruling), under any jurisdiction. This would have been big news if it had happened and I think we would have noticed. There is a lawyer trotting the world tr Almost all GPL/OS licence disagreements have gone to settlement before a court can rule on the status of the agreement and until a court *actually* makes a ruling on the status of these licences in a particular jurisdiction their *actual* legal status in that jurisdiction is a moot point... (and there some differences in how different jurisdictions would view their status, and different opinions on those differences). reference http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/10/31/first_gpl_suit_settles/ There is a fair bit of precedent to the legal tactic of settling out of court to avoid the impact that losing in a court room would have (e.g. most notably the tobacco industry used this tactic), but the situation with GPL/OS licences does rather puzzle me,... I suspect in the face of companies with deep pockets and expensive lawyers, those with mounting legal costs and little resources tend to take the money.... Intellectual Property Rights (IP) and licences are somewhat different things, the former is about ownership of ideas, the latter is about terms of use. These are distinct, and it is possible that one could violate IP without directly violating a licence agreement on a particular product. As you will know Caldera/SCO do have a connection to the original webmin (the original author was employed by Caldera, who acquired the Unix side of SCO in 2000/2001) and for a time it was only available and supported through SCO/Caldera (and the original SCO Unix/Linux legal action did bring the status of the webmin core into doubt for a short time). It is now independent of this and has moved on. references: http://lwn.net/2000/0803/a/caldera-sco.php3 http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/35280.html I assume you are also aware that Novell have had the block (under chapter 11 protection) on their legal action against SCO lifted. A webmin-like YasT tool could open the possibility of opening a new line of defence/counter attack for SCO in this particular legal firefight. reference http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/11/28/novell_sco_to_court/ Last time I looked lawyers do not let little matters like facts get in the way of creating complications, and in general it is not too wise to hand over the horseshit to your enemy so he can pelt you with it.. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHTr0zasN0sSnLmgIRAsJQAJ9Fz8c8XK0wIOm50SmlNVAfAU4c1ACfSAmK HXCiqNqjL8cmuIu8uV0KTsU= =GM54 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org