On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 07:07:06 -0400 dep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > begin Roger Oberholtzer's quote: > > | > http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&si > | >d=360 > | > | "SCO has found no case in which it believes that Linux use by > | anyone is legal, Sontag said." > | > | Even the ones I bought from SCO? How on earth could I ever trust > | buying anything from them again if, at a later time, they can call > | it illegal. > > but wait -- there's more: mcbride said the suits are based not on > copyrights but licenses. which means that their current approch is to > go after *only* customers. while, of course, spreading fud about > linux.
And by licenses, I would imagine that must mean SOURCE licenses, Since my Caldera came with the SOURCE (GNU and all that) as well as a License from SCO, am I a SOURCE licensee? Of course, not of UnixWare/SVR5. The interview referrd to 30,000 licensees. These cannot be UnixWare/SVR5 source licensees, can it? Sounds like a hefty number. Of course, I was surprised that the Lindows guys are SVR5 source licensees. I would not have imagined that fit in their model. But it seems they admit that they put UnixWare code in the Linux they distribute. Wasn't that the reason for them getting a License? Whether they gave this code back to the Linux kernel generally is unclear. But, wouldn't they have had to include the source in their distro? The GPL virus and all. Still, any license use errors by Lindows is nothing their customers can be held accountable for. -- +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ � Roger Oberholtzer � E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] � � OPQ Systems AB � WWW: http://www.opq.se/ � � Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 � Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 � � 115 34 Stockholm � Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 � � Sweden � Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 � +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
