On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 11:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have been reading through the actual court documents for the SCO > lawsuit against IBM. I found a few things that I find seem like really > stupid statements. I also found a few things that I have questions > about. The biggest thing that angers me is aspect number 86 of the > document I was reading. It states: "86. It is not possible for Linux to > rapidly reach UNIX performance standards for complete enterprise > functionality without the misappropriation of UNIX code, methods or > concepts to achieve such performance, and coordination by a larger > developer, such as IBM" So what? Now we (The Linux users and > programmers) are now a bunch of idiots that have no intuitive ideas? > That is just a bunch of idiocy. I can't believe that any company could > ever thing that they are they only intelligent people in this world!
Yep. That made alot of us really mad. It's so obviously false. > My next issue... Just sort of something to help me understand better. > Where does the GPL state that I can't use LINUX in my own company. I > thought that the entire reason for releasing something under the GPL is > so that I am free to do with it as I please, I just can't claim the > ownership of someone else's work. Correct me if I am wrong, but I was > under the impression that people/companies can use the GPL software for > any purpose. Exactly. The GPL explicitly prevents limitations. The GPL and limitations like "this software may not be used by terrorists planning to attack the United States" or "this software may not be used in abortion clinics" are incompatible. Stallman decided that allowing any limitations was simply too dangerous. > Looks like to me that SCO is mad because IBM had a > good idea, to make money, first. SCO has realized it is dying. It is an angry, unthinking, cornered animal lashing out at anyone that comes near it. -- Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED], AIM:StuartMJansen> #define FALSE 0 /* This is the naked Truth */ #define TRUE 1 /* and this is the Light */ -- mailto.c
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