On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 08:08:01PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Dvorak: And what happens if there is an out-of-court settlement and IBM > does some under-the-table deal and suddenly emerges as the top Linux > vendor with the only legal license to use certain aspects of the kernel?
All excellent points, but there is one more aspect to this assertion by Dvorak: the GPL doesn't allow a case such as IBM having some "license" to sell Linux. Dvorak doesn't get it. "6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License." The GPL covers the entire kernel, therefore there can be no additional restrictions placed by SCO or IBM. Dvorak "gets it" more than Bob Metcalfe (which is as much of a compliment as "Dvorak is taller than the normal two year old") but the bottom line is that he writes to bring in viewers to see banner ads for which they get paid. Landing an article on Slashdot is a huge bonus. It's fairly easy to write some clueless, inflammatory BS and make Slashdot, hence it becomes a business model. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
