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Date:      Sat, 6 Nov 2010 23:33:02 -0600
From:      Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ZFS License and Future
Message-ID:  <20101107053302.GD14413@guilt.hydra>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=_J95wR5SLUvC3WSeBDwi_s2oLedijcaiK9WZi@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <AANLkTi=EKpVrX2xc7oq%2Bp=RCVtUMUmcVYefj7G20yr-O@mail.gmail.com> <4CD45A11.7060002@stillbilde.net> <20101105213433.GC8648@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTin60PyaapfjTQP1G97kOx3b3P-mb6Ffw-A0nL3E@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimYpRZUMAAnxJk2vtoUeOor%2BB8Skg7%2BH3%2BRj4wt@mail.gmail.com> <20101106203634.GD13095@guilt.hydra> <20101106225708.GD67566@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <AANLkTi=_J95wR5SLUvC3WSeBDwi_s2oLedijcaiK9WZi@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 07:09:57PM -0400, Chris Brennan wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com>=
wrote:
> >
> > The one in that list that worries me the most is VirtualBox -- that's a
> > truly useful solution that isn't easily replaced.  But I read somewhere
> > that there was a movement gaining steam to break off from Oracle.
> >
> I agree, vBox is vital .... OOo3 has movement as well. See the following
> links
>=20
> http://www.documentfoundation.org/
> http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_Foundation

Yes, there are already forks underway -- such as LibreOffice (OO.o fork),
MariaDB (MySQL fork), and so on.  We'll see whether they end up subject
to expensive lawsuits as a result.

I haven't read your links yet, but I'll probably get to it tomorrow.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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