From: Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
To: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@drdos.com>
Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.9 and GPL Buyout
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:30:43 +0300
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On Saturday 23 October 2004 02:27, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> Since I am an expert in IP misappropriation (having wormed and squirmed 
> my way through it for years) I think I could cut
> through at lot of SCO's FUD (And you guys FUD as well). I could very 
> easily get rid of most of thier claims provide
> you guys will take out of the kernel:
> 
> XFS, JFS, NUMA for certain. You can maintain them as patches for the 
> time being and let the vendors
> who put them in deal with SCO on what belongs to whom.

No. First SCO must prove in court that these are SCO property and were
"stolen", and then maintainers may consider something like removing
or rewriting code.

Not a day earlier.
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vda

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