On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:28:10 -0800 John Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Novell has already donated any portions of unix that exist in linux. > Novell also accepted the GPL (v2). Therefore its successors and heirs > also are bound by this. Its a done deal. > Nothing in linux infringes on Unix except by Novell's permission. Absolutely false. Certainly Novell has waived its copyright claims WRT Linux, but you forget the SCO vs. IBM. There are 3 products that IBM contributed to the Linux kernel, JFS, NUMA, SMP. These 3 are "derivative works", and by interpretation of the IBM-AT&T license, they could possibly belong to SCO. Actually, SCO claims that the Linux version of JFS was developed for AIX, but IBM claims it is the OS/2 version. So, while the SCO vs. IBM case is still pending, there is still infringement. Additionally, SCO does own the copyrights of things they have developed, but I don't think that is in their claim. In the IBM case, SCO has been sanctioned for not being specific. Additionally, I believe that Novell accepted GPL 3, but the Linux kernel is still GPL 2. -- 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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