On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, paultz wrote:

> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5060965.html

 Maybe I should read it all;-0

"IBM argues in the counterclaims that SCO is prohibited from treating
any code it distributed under the GPL as proprietary and that its
current plan to require Linux users to pay isn't legal."

I guess that's some way to the indemnity.

'Because the GPL prohibits SCO from asserting proprietary rights over
GPL-covered source code, for example by trying to collect license fees,
"SCO's rights to distribute the copyrighted works of others included in
Linux under the GPL have been terminated," IBM said.'

I've been wondering about that before this: what's to prevent someone
whose GPL licence is terminated by their own action from immediately
obtaining a new one? I don't recall there is a clause prohibiting this.

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John.

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