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To: JDN who wrote (19072)8/31/1999 5:22:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt  Respond to of 64865
 
I noticed that same statement. I think it may have been made at the recent Dell conference here in Austin. It goes even beyond the similar statement in that famous "penultimate paragraph" we discussed here recently.

JMHO.



To: JDN who wrote (19072)8/31/1999 5:24:00 PM
From: JC Jaros  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 64865
 
I haven't seen mention of this here except where I noted a rumor from Slashdot, but apparently the rumor of Sun emancipating the StarOffice source code (Community License) is true. Here's the link.

news.com

In addition to giving the software away for free, Sun will make the original programming instructions, or "source code," available under the Sun Community Source License, said Brian Croll, a marketing director in Sun's platforms and software group.

-JCJ


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