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EU clears Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems

EU clears Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems

Posted Jan 22, 2010 3:52 UTC (Fri) by sitaram (subscriber, #5959)
In reply to: EU clears Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems by danieldk
Parent article: EU clears Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems

> it takes time to build a vibrant community

indeed it does. People who force copyright assignment when *they* hold the copyright (and thus dual-licensing rights) would do well to remember that they are not even remotely encouraging the building of a community.

The hypocrisy from Monty&co is in starting to say this *now*, when they are no longer the copyright holders.


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