On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:51:19 -0400 James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Again, AT&T has stated, both in a letter to IBM and in a newsletter that > the intent doesn't come anywhere near what SCO is claiming and those > claims also far exceed what would be considered reasonable in a > contract. I believe the judge already commented on that point. > According to what I've read, neither SMP nor NUMA came from SCO or > predecessor. It does not matter is neither SMP nor NUMA came from SCO (and pred). What matters in this case is the contract language and what the judge rules. Eric Raymond, of course, has turned the whole thing around, but AT&T's contract was with AT&T. That contract was inherited by Novell and transferred to Santa Cruz then to SCO. It also does not matter what comments the Judges have made as long as it was not the official ruling. SCO's side of the case is bizzarre, but the case is not yet adjudicated and until the judge rules on the partial summary judgement, SCO's case remains alive and may still come to trial (in September, I believe). > Also, as I mentioned in another note, if you accept SCO's > argument, then you also accept they own TCP/IP and anything else that's > touched Unix. Further, a lot of what they're claiming IBM contributed > to Linux, was in fact contributed by Caldera themselves, before they > became the re-invented SCO. It's as though I gave you something and > then accused you of stealing it from me. This is very true. The danger of this case is that if by some act of Odin or Zeus, should SCO prevail, they would own all Unix and Linux and BSD. The issue is the "derivative works" clause in the old Unix licenses. I think that Judge Wells' June 2006 ruling itself is somewhat of an embodiment of Eric Raymond's. By Eric's logic, the AT&T Unix was polluted long before Novell bought it. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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