"One of the more interesting pieces of news over the last few
months has been Caldera's purchase of the Unix side of SCO. As
Linux is the basis of Caldera's own product line, speculation has
been rife about what will happen to the SVRn source code, and
how it will impact Linux."
"Some people have suggested that Caldera open-source the
entire source tree, while people on the other side of the
spectrum have suggested that it will lead to the dilution of
Linux's single source tree."
"Quite apart from the fact that the Linux community appears to
tolerate porting the kernel to all manner of processors, and the development of all different
kinds of distribution, without allowing the source tree to split, I feel the whole question of
open-sourcing SVRn, versus proprietorizing Linux, is misstating the question."
"Linux, like Unix before it, is an example of "development by community", and once we
realize that, it changes the focus entirely. What are the other things that rely on
communities for their existence?"
