On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 22:58, Andy Sy wrote: > From http://sco.com/5reasons/ > > Here's a particularly interesting assertion (#5): > > "While some application programming interfaces ("API Code") have > been made available over the years through POSIX and other open > standards, the UNIXÂ ABI Code has only been made available under > copyright restrictions. AT&T made these binary interfaces available > in order to support application development to UNIXÂ operating > systems and to assist UNIXÂ licensees in the development process. > The UNIXÂ ABIs were never authorized for unrestricted use or distribution > under the GPL in LinuxÂ. As the copyright holder, SCO has never granted > such permission. Nevertheless, many of the ABIs contained in LinuxÂ, > and improperly distributed under the GPL, are direct copies of our > UNIXÂ copyrighted software code."
It's a rehash of their purported assertion - that enabling Linux to run Unixware binaries is illegal - blown out of proportion. --
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