2004 Linux Timeline: September [LWN.net]

What makes you think kernel developers have a deep understanding of the value of connectivity in the OS? They don't. The average kernel developer is not particularly bright.

-- Hans Reiser

X.Org 6.8 is released; it is the first X.Org release with significant new functionality (coverage).

The Debian Project refuses to include SenderID (announcement).

Sun Microsystems states it will open-source Solaris by the end of the year.

SCO makes a deal with its lawyers putting a cap on the total costs of its litigation.

The Philips Webcam driver returns to the kernel with much more free code (coverage).

Despite an extensive review, I could find no source code in any of the IBM Code that incorporates any portion of the source code contained in the Unix System V Code or is in any other manner similar to such source code. Accordingly, the IBM Code cannot be said, in my opinion, to be a modification or a derivative work based on Unix System V Code.

-- Dr. Randall Davis; IBM gets a real MIT scientist.

A hearing is held on IBM's motion for partial summary judgment that its Linux work does not infringe SCO's copyrights. No ruling is issued by the end of the year. (Transcript).

Red Hat launches its "stateless Linux" project using Fedora as a testbed (announcement).

Ubuntu Linux announces its existence with the 4.10 "warty" preview (announcement).

GNOME 2.8 is released (announcement).

Linus Torvalds wins an Economist Innovation Award (press release).

The Community should put significant effort into understanding Sun's goals for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org and selling the benefits to Sun of their continuing support of the Community.

-- The OOo marketing plan.

The Fedora Project scales back its SELinux ambitions, protecting a few daemons rather than the entire system (announcement).

Mandrakelinux 10.1 is released (announcement).

SpamAssassin 3.0 is released.

Sun and Microsoft make a deal which denies patent protection to OpenOffice.org users.

The MPAA sends a takedown notice to Linux Australia claiming that two open-source programs infringe its (film) copyrights.

Mandrakesoft gets a grant to work toward EAL5 certification for Linux (announcement).

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