SCO is calling those derivatives of their work. On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:52:57 -0500 - Stuart Biggerstaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following Re: Re: [OT] I can't belive this can be happen ????????
>Huh? Not even SCO is saying this. They're saying (in particular) that >since IBM spent their own R&D funds on features for their own UNIX that >adding those features to Linux, so it can support their own hardware--they >are violating their contract with SCO. > >They are also apparently claiming that even if the code is totally not >shared, that if a system works like UNIX it is a copy of UNIX and thus >violates their IP. BSD might be shielded from this by the earlier >lawsuit--but it might not be, as the earlier suit was a) settled and b) >sealed. So writing around offending code (for developers) or migrating to >BSD (for users) isn't necessarily protection. > >At 02:15 PM 7/23/03 -0500, ronnie gauthier wrote: >>The only reason Linux has developed so fast is the very reason it is in >>peril now. They were given, or appropiated, complicated chunks of code >>taht took >>others years and more $$ than the whole Linux kernal cost from start to >>R&D the >>code plus access to the hardware needed to test and develop it. The Linux >>community could not have done JFS or NUMA on its own, not and remained a >>viable >>timely alternative. Remove that and what happens to Linux kernal? > > > >Stuart Biggerstaff > >Linda Hall Library of Science Engineering & Technology >5109 Cherry St. >Kansas City, MO 64110 > >Phone: (816) 926-8748 > (800) 662-1545 x748 >FAX: (816) 926-8785 >URL: www.lindahall.org > >_______________________________________________ >Linux-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> >http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
