[NTLUG:Discuss] SCO, IBM, MS, Linux

[jeremy]

Another twist is that SCO already released the code under GPL in there
own distro...  talk about a bone headed move on their part!
I don't see how they can successfully sue anyone for using what they
already released as open source!

-J



On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 10:24, iostream at attbi.com wrote:
> SCO has not revealed which code it says might be offending, a german company has
> sued them to reveal.  Sco has said it will reveal to a group of its choosing
> under NDA to validate their claim, and Linus has recommended someone for that
> group, but  basically they are saying they will not make it public until the
> trial.  As for now, I would say it is a wait and see... Red Hat has made a
> public statement saying basically its customers should have nothing to worry
> about, and crap is being flung everywhere...  Even SCO itself cannot seem to
> agree, with one executive saying there was nothing in the Kernel itself, and the
> CEO coming back and saying there was... 
> 
> Clear as Mud?
> Justin
> > The SCO suite against IBM, and then the licensing of SCO by MS (lauded 
> > by the corporate press as being yet another proof of MS embracing Open), 
> > prompts me to ask if Linux is doing anything to identify and remove the 
> > "offending" code?
> > 
> > -- 
> > never underestimate the value of backups
> > 
> > 
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