[CS-FSLUG] A Linux Discussion

[Don Parris]

Nathan T. wrote:
> I think this is what we've all been waiting for lately isn't it :-)
> 
> Anyone heard the latest on Lycoris? Apparently Rus who was their vp of 
> sales is having a serious clash with the others:
> http://osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=12413
> 
> I've spent some time following Lycoris, and it seems to me most of the 
> people on OSNews calling names are no different than those kids in the 
> school yards yelling "fight!" over and over again at the very hint of 
> hostility, some of them are making claims which to me seem absurd. I 
> wonder if anyone here knows more, and maybe if one of the list's 
> professional journalists can put together the big picture of what all 
> this means. On the one hand Rus seems to be within his right to want to 
> make a fork of what was Lycoris, but on the other hand there's a lot of 
> personal attacks flying back and fourth and there hasn't been any word 
> from Joseph Cheek. Rus seems to think that what he knows could badly 
> damage Mandriva as well as Joseph Cheek, but I wonder how much of that 
> is just stuff he's saying because he's angry.
> 
> Right now none of the folk involved in the main argument seem to be 
> firing on all cylinders, I think they're suffering from anger induced IQ 
> suppression.
> 
> In case you're still not interested Rus is claiming that Joseph Cheek 
> violated the GPL as well as other proprietary licenses knowingly and 
> intentionally in the making of Lycoris.
> 
> 
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I should follow up on that.  Thanks!

Don