Re: [Samba] [OT] Fyodor terminates SCO nmap rights -- how about Samba?

2004-02-28 Thread RRuegner
ED]> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [Samba] [OT] Fyodor terminates SCO nmap rights -- how about Samba? > >> Actually, didn't SCO make the arguement that any GPL'd software should > >> actually be declared "public domain"? If that's so

Re: [Samba] [OT] Fyodor terminates SCO nmap rights -- how about Samba?

2004-02-28 Thread Charles Marcus
Actually, didn't SCO make the arguement that any GPL'd software should actually be declared "public domain"? If that's so, doesn't allowing them to continue using the software under the GPL put the copyright at risk? In their site they write (these are not THEIR words !): "Congress shall have Po

Re: [Samba] [OT] Fyodor terminates SCO nmap rights -- how about Samba?

2004-02-28 Thread Leonardo Boselli
On Sat, 28 Feb 2004, Jim Shanks wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:43:51 -0500 > > Rashkae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My question is this: by declaring the GPL as invalid, isn't that > > non-acceptance of the license, which in turn invalidates your right to > > distribute all GPL software? (SCO

Re: [Samba] [OT] Fyodor terminates SCO nmap rights -- how about Samba?

2004-02-28 Thread Jim Shanks
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:43:51 -0500 > Rashkae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> As much as I would like to see a slew of copyright infringement claims >> get filed against SCO, from my reading of the GPL, violations of the >> license only terminate

Re: [Samba] [OT] Fyodor terminates SCO nmap rights -- how about Samba?

2004-02-27 Thread Spam
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:43:51 -0500 > Rashkae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> As much as I would like to see a slew of copyright infringement claims >> get filed against SCO, from my reading of the GPL, violations of the >> license only terminate

Re: [Samba] [OT] Fyodor terminates SCO nmap rights -- how about Samba?

2004-02-27 Thread Michael Brown
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:43:51 -0500 Rashkae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As much as I would like to see a slew of copyright infringement claims > get filed against SCO, from my reading of the GPL, violations of the > license only terminates your right

RE: [Samba] [OT] Fyodor terminates SCO nmap rights -- how about Samba?

2004-02-27 Thread Aaron Collins
8 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Samba] [OT] Fyodor terminates SCO nmap rights -- how about Samba? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As you all may know Fyodor of nmap fame has terminated SCO's rights to distribute namp with its products. See: http://www.smh.com.au

Re: [Samba] [OT] Fyodor terminates SCO nmap rights -- how about Samba?

2004-02-27 Thread Andrew Gaffney
Michael Brown wrote: As you all may know Fyodor of nmap fame has terminated SCO's rights to distribute namp with its products. See: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/27/1077676955381.html "Fyodor, whose Nmap (network mapper) security scanner is extremely popular among geeks and even featured

Re: [Samba] [OT] Fyodor terminates SCO nmap rights -- how about Samba?

2004-02-27 Thread Rashkae
As much as I would like to see a slew of copyright infringement claims get filed against SCO, from my reading of the GPL, violations of the license only terminates your right to distribute the software which was violated. AFAIK, the only GPL software who's license SCO has arguably violated, to dat

[Samba] [OT] Fyodor terminates SCO nmap rights -- how about Samba?

2004-02-27 Thread Michael Brown
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As you all may know Fyodor of nmap fame has terminated SCO's rights to distribute namp with its products. See: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/27/1077676955381.html I know this is off-topic, but I am interested in opinions on the subject of S