Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270641AbTGURjD (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:39:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270636AbTGURiL (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:38:11 -0400 Received: from relay4.hrnoc.net ([216.120.225.16]:36370 "EHLO relay4.hrnoc.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270637AbTGURhU convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:37:20 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:52:21 -0400 Subject: Re: SCO offers UnixWare licenses for Linux Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) Cc: Michael Bernstein , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Gabor MICSKO From: Michael Bernstein In-Reply-To: <1058807414.513.4.camel@sunshine> Message-Id: <141DFFFA-BBA4-11D7-A61F-000A95773C00@seven-angels.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *19eepZ-000177-OI*BpwOZSu5Hvg* Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1708 Lines: 50 On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 01:10 PM, Gabor MICSKO wrote: > > http://lwn.net/Articles/40526/ > > interesting. > > -- > Windows not found > (C)heers, (P)arty or (D)ance? > ----------------------------------- > Micsk? G?bor > Compaq Accredited Platform Specialist, System Engineer (APS, ASE) > Szint?zis Computer Rendszerh?z Kft. > H-9021 Gyor, Tihanyi ?rp?d ?t. 2. > Tel: +36-96-502-216 > Fax: +36-96-318-658 > E-mail: gmicsko@szintezis.hu > Web: http://www.hup.hu > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Very interesting. It'd be interesting to see if they are able to do this and get past the GPL. However, even if they are selling "Sys V" or "Unixware" licenses, it doesn't mean that they have the right to sell Linux licenses. To put it simply, just because they "may," - and I say may here simply because we have no evidence to prove their claims but cannot flatly deny them - own the rights to Sys V, does NOT mean they own the right to the code that was released under GPL and does NOT give them the right to reassign a license to it. If I were a lawyer for the FSF, I'd take this opportunity to investigate how they are selling the licenses, and go smash them up... Michael Bernstein michael AT seven-angels DOT net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/