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on Wed Feb 10, 1999 04:43 PM
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Anonymous Coward writes "I must remain anonymous for fear of job security, however... Sprint is a client of ours and we have been given a contract to sign that includes (among other things) a bit that goes like this: Supplier warrants that no GNU, FSF, or copylefted software shall be used in the production of services for Sprint. I'm still trying to figure out if this means that I have to uninstall gawk, apache, sendmail, BIND, etc., from my (non-linux) UNIX systems.... Afraid I can't include a link to the exact contract verbage, but it's 100% factual, I just read the contract myself. "
I also received an email from an EE claiming that Synopsys had informed him that they would be porting their tools to Linux. This would be an important step since Linux is ideal for large simulation/synthesis farms: cheap hardware and stable OS that can be left in a computer room. In related news, Green Mountain Computing Systems has released their VHDL compiler for Linux, with a demo available for download. It is slightly faster than the NT version, with better memory performance.
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- Contract issues: by BOredAtWork (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @05:03PM
- Correct me if I'm wrong... by Patrik Nordebo (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @11:27PM
- uhm, I read the article differently by illuminaut (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @06:14PM
- A possible reason? by torpor (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @05:01PM
- Sprint is not totally off base... by gavinhall (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @06:00PM
- Its clear what the deal is by gavinhall (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @08:28PM
- Not all free software, just GNU by gavinhall (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @03:48AM
- Sprint is my local pots by Sanat (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @06:31PM
- Mistakenly, of course by Paul Crowley (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @02:26AM
- hmmm... by jabbo (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @07:45PM
- Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. by sterwill (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @07:00PM
- please now, no GPL is not the end of the world by pb (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @06:01PM
- Sprint rumor by Nelson (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @07:46PM
- First shot fired! The Great Battle has begun! by root (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @05:32PM
- Silly Suits by Daverz (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @07:36PM
- Linux and >2GB memory by axolotl (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @07:08AM
- "production of services"--is that software? by Andy Tai (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @05:18PM
- Can't use GPLed software since output is GPLed,na by Andy Tai (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @09:25PM
- Doh! If it's internal, you don't have to! by nelsonrn (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @07:07PM
- This is bullshit. by nelsonrn (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @07:10PM
- Kudos for Sprint by Jeff Licquia (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @11:35AM
- Cygnus *does* provide immediate support by dj.delorie (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @06:25PM
- Time to squash the "GPL is a Virus" meme by Sinner (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @07:59PM
- Re: Sprint is not totally off base... by Z0z (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @06:04PM
- please now, no GPL is not the end of the world by heller (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @06:08PM
- bad taste by datazone (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @05:23PM
- FUCK! with a upper case "F" by datazone (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @05:36PM
- give me a call by datazone (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @05:58PM
- hey mook by datazone (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @06:03PM
- Apple, meet Orange... by Jeff Monks (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @07:15PM
- I do work for sprint by malus (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @07:12PM
- They only need release if they sell the product by A nonymous Coward (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @06:15PM
- Sprint sucks. by navindra (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @06:58PM
- Gandhi, not Ghandi by Sariel (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @07:49PM
- Reliability of rumours... by sander (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @03:58AM
- Contract issues: by sander (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @04:03AM
- Stallman's folly? You must be jealous by sander (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @04:17AM
- Don't buy an Intel by sander (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @04:28AM
- please now, no GPL is not the end of the world by epaulson (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @06:20PM
- Sprint is not totally off base... by COBOL the Barbarian (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @07:28PM
- mmmm.... vhdl by prijks (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @05:04PM
- investorrelation.sprintcom@mail.sprint.com by proberts (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @03:15AM
- nice.. by linmerg (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @05:31PM
- Finding someone to sue by daviddennis (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @07:27PM
- ASIC Design and Synopsys. by FigWig (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @07:23PM
- Ouch.. by Axe (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @05:01PM
- too many acronymx... by Zog (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @02:52PM
- Linux a distraction... by SkyWriter (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @04:45AM
- I guess they can't read very well, then... by Spud Zeppelin (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @05:47AM
- So, what's your company's ticker symbol? by mec (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @06:13AM
- Sprint is swimming upstream by psamara (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @05:06PM
- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you... by grappler (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @05:45PM
- Some more legal jumbo by Jeld (Score:1) Thursday February 11 1999, @05:41AM
- Good 'free' Layout program for Linux! by twinkie (Score:1) Wednesday February 10 1999, @06:58PM
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