On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Little, Chris wrote: > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11031
Didn't SCO offer me a contract when I download the kernel source from its site? According to the GPL, since I obtained this package from SCO, SCO has given me a royalty-free licence to redistribute this to whomsover I choose, and further, anyone who gets this either directly or indirectly has also acquired it from SCO indirectly, and accordingly SCO grants them the same licence I have. Anyone else who wants a licence from SCO can get it from ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2003-020.0/SRPMS/linux-2.4.13-21S.src.rpm I think if you have that, SCO has even less prospect of levying licence fees on you. Are you listening, SCO? I believe that, under Australian law, you are engaging in misleading conduct in first making certain promises embodied in the GPL, and subsequently alleging I have to pay you a licence fee, a fee expressly forbidden by the earlier promises. <-- I feel better now !> -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
