Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 14th Jun 2005 04:11 UTC
Sun Microsystems is expected to release Solaris as open-source software Tuesday, a centerpiece of the company's plan to regain lost relevance and fend of rivals Red Hat, IBM and Microsoft. 
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The code can't be directly incorperated, but the technology can be studied and then a rewritten implimentation can be made and released under the GPL.
Not really. There are patents involved and it's very hard to
'study' something and re-implement it without infringing
copyright.
Am I to take it then Sun is planning on suing OSS projects if they reimpliment Sun technology? And if so, does that mean F/OSS, and small developers, or just coporations like IBM?