SCO vs. Novell

To simplify, to me the SCO vs. Novell Trial of 2003, sounds like a
mere case of a Copyright battle over which company actually owns the
source code that was created for Unix and some Linux OS's. SCO filed a
lawsuit and said that Novel committed a crime by claiming the code was
theirs. The Asset Transfer Agreement from September 19, 1995 was
misinterpreted and probably poorly written from the beginning. May 28,
2003, Novell claimed it transferred certain assets, but they did not
transfer any copyrights. Novell in turn counter sued SCO who claimed
Novell breached a contract and committed "Slander of Title" and also
claimed that the Asset Transfer Agreement did not transfer the rights that
SCO had wished for. June 10, 2010 a judge ruled in favor for Novell and
found that they did not commit any slander or that copy rights had to be
transferred.  Rumor has it that SCO appealed the ruling July 7, 2010. I
would say it is possibly not over until the appeal process is ruled on and
completed.

Team FREDNET

***Team FREDNET Website click here***


I really think Team FREDNET is a great thing. I compare the people involved and any government agencies to operating systems like Linux and Microsoft Windows. Linux being equal to Team FREDNET and the government equal to Microsoft Windows.

Linux is open source software just as Team FREDNET and is open to anybody that wants to join and make it better. There are no costs to get in just as there are really no costs to get Linux. Linux is open source and so is Team FREDNET. When Team FREDNET say’s that they are open source they mean anybody from any country, race, and age may join their forum. If you have a useful contribution that you may be able to put forth in their project they are open to your help. If not they will accept donations for their experimental program as they are not funded by any government agency. These are just average people like you and I (some smarter than others maybe) that are funding this project and building it.
I compare Windows operating system as being equal to the government. Windows is locked down by licensing trap. It is costly to purchase and not open source. Someone who may not be as well off as others might not be able to afford to buy the software. If they are really smart they may have means to make the software much better, but since it is not open source legally they would not be able to without working for Microsoft themselves. The government has done so with NASA. In the United States NASA is really the only agency that does space exploration and can fly crafts out of our orbit.

I found myself spending some time reading Team FREDNET’s website. If I was smart enough and had some sort of engineering degree I would probably get involved somehow. But since I am not I am still able to sit back and watch as they offer their forum to anybody that wants to sign up and join and that I did. It has been longer than 48 hours since I have received my logon but since the program is run by very few people I can understand if they are busy with other things. I would definitely donate $20 or so myself. If average people like us could get family and friends to donate I am sure they would reach their funding goal they need. If more people cared about their future and the mind power of the average people and their capabilities the world would be a much greater place.

How Linux Versions are Numbered

 Linus Torvalds seemed to have wanted to maintain simplicity when he thought of his version numbering system for Linux. His early versions pre-1994 were listed like this 0.01, 0.02 and so on. Versions after 1994 to present are listed with four sets of numbers, for example the current stable version is 2.6.37.2. The first number is the actual version number. This number is not changed that often and has only been changed twice in the Linux revolution. The second number is the major revision number. Even numbers resemble a stable version that was released for production. Odd numbers resemble new releases that are still experimenting with new drivers or feature new developments that soon become stable enough to release. The third number resembles minor revisions and is updated when the new features and/or driver have been added. The fourth number resembles corrections, security patches and error fixes.

I think the Linux Version numbering system is a total advantage to anybody once they understand what the simplicity of the format is.