2004 Linux Timeline: June [LWN.net]

The Amendment also contains no transfer language in the form of 'seller hereby conveys to buyer.' Given the similarly ambiguous language in the APA with respect to the transfer of assets -- seller 'will' sell, convey, assign, and buyer 'will' purchase and acquire -- it is questionable on the face of the documents whether there was any intention to transfer the copyrights as of the date the amendment was executed.

-- Judge Kimball

BayStar and SCO work a deal; BayStar gets cash and common stock from SCO (agreement).

SCO claims ownership of the Linux ELF code, with no more basis than any of its other claims.

SCO spends $2.4 million buying back its own stock (quarterly filing).

SCO's "slander of title" suit against Novell is dismissed due to insufficient pleading. SCO also fails to move the case back to state court.

The US FTC declines to create a national "do not spam" list, citing privacy concerns, among others (press release).

It obviously says you should always use open-source Trojans, that's the moral. You can't even trust Windows malware.

-- Mark Loveless

The 2.6.7 kernel is released (announcement).

The Debian x86-64 port is declared ready (announcement).

Skolelinux 1.0 is released (announcement).

The Gentoo Foundation gains state not-for-profit status (announcement).

The Munich City Council votes to switch to Linux for 14,000 city computers (Bloomberg).

My premise is that free and open source developers are in much the same position today that IBM was in 1981 when it changed the rules of the computer industry, but failed to understand the consequences of the change, allowing others to reap the benefits.

-- Tim O'Reilly

Red Hat's chief financial officer leaves abruptly days before the company is due to file quarterly results.

Mozilla 1.7 is released (what's new).

Mono 1.0 is released (announcement).

Red Hat re-releases the global filesystem under the GPL (announcement).

Slackware 10.0 is released (announcement).

Sun releases Project Looking Glass and Java 3D as open source (press release).

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