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I'd read the forum before I got the champagne out...
Sony and Panasonic are the two parents of the organization. And the weak spot is going to be patents:

Members of the forum are required by the Membership Agreement to notify the Forum of any patent claims they are aware of in code submitted to the Forum. Please see Section 4 of the Membership Agreement for details. It is expected that Members who submit code under an Open Source license to the Forum will license any patents they have in that code under terms compatible with that license. Otherwise, the submission will be rejected by the Architecture Group.

So some interesting things are to come about here. First - code submitted to/by the forum for possible inclusion to the Linux kernal will be open source. Great for that. What is not said is - what about their own internal libraries - the good stuff that does not get shared? I find it hard to belive Sony would GPL/GNU libraries that it would use for any of it's future Play Station development for example. If this scenario is correct - wow! Three card monte for the masses. Okay - so I guess it's open source when it's one to two degrees removed from proprietary? Cause from reading in the forum - unless it's got to do with the kernal they ain't promising to do diddlysquat else. Work on Linux will be open and above board, but I would not be surprised to see patents abound regarding libraries used by Sony in how the Linux Kernal is used by their hardware.

So this is better than MS by how? Great that they are throwing a bone to the open source community, and willing to support Linux, but beyond that you will probably see the same closed proprietary and patent holding process.
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Sony, Panasonic, others stump for Linux  Loverock Davidson | 07/02/04
Excuse me, but Linux has already been invented.  DonnieBoy | 07/02/04
Wow... i'm actually starting to see wit and humour in your posts...  ryusen | 07/06/04
Microsoft is going nowhere on consumer electronics.  DonnieBoy | 07/02/04
Are you 'ok'  Enterprise Analyst | 07/02/04
Making money  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/02/04
Yes, well said, and they want to keep making money.  DonnieBoy | 07/03/04
No rage, just the way it is. No manufacturer wants MS controlling things.  DonnieBoy | 07/03/04
The Linux juggernaut  George Mitchell | 07/02/04
Your kidding right ??  memuser | 07/04/04
Loverock!  Linux User 147560 | 07/04/04
Loverock!  Loverock Davidson | 07/04/04
And why don't you have anything to say here?  DonnieBoy | 07/05/04
Why would I?  Loverock Davidson | 07/05/04
Nothing wrong with liking MS products ...  George Mitchell | 07/04/04
I Didn't Read Any Linux Bashing  nikoli | 07/05/04
Thats because you are blind.  George Mitchell | 07/05/04
Be nice to nikoli...Everyone makes mistakes now and then..we are after all  Laff | 07/06/04
Yes, they are struggling to hang on to the monopoly.  DonnieBoy | 07/04/04
Linux is taking huge toll on MS:  George Mitchell | 07/05/04
I for one don't want MS gone...just put in it's place.  Laff | 07/06/04
one fact you are missing...  ryusen | 07/06/04
The dominos continue to fall: Hitachi, NEC, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, Sharp  Plain Logic | 07/02/04
Actually Microsoft is increasingly 'getting it' (to their credit)  George Mitchell | 07/03/04
Yes, but if there is a choice between lock in and security???  DonnieBoy | 07/03/04
I repeat... welcome to the future..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 07/03/04
Well, sounds very inclusive and  FilledOut | 07/03/04
I should have said "does not include Microsoft tactics"  Xunil_Sierutuf | 07/03/04
Yet Sony still so in love with its wayward defunct standards  FilledOut | 07/03/04
Breaking News: Another Enterprise App Moves to Linux  George Mitchell | 07/03/04
Maybe the whole IT world is finally getting it  mlindl | 07/04/04
Because it works  Chad_z | 07/04/04
SAP and Oracle no more subject to Windows  Michel Merlin | 07/06/04
I'd read the forum before I got the champagne out...  quietLee | 07/07/04

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