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Re: [SLE] LinuxTag to SCO: desist from unfair competitive practices(OT)
- From: Jason Lotito <jlotito@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 11:15:30 -0400
- Message-id: <1054048529.4962.6.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 11:01, Fergus Wilde wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 May 2003 15:21, David Herman wrote:
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> > On Tuesday 27 May 2003 12:55 am, John wrote:
> > > On Monday 26 May 2003 18:35, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> > > > LinuxTag to SCO: desist from unfair competitive practices
> > > >
> > > > http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4603190885.html
> > >
> > > I just went to LinuxTag's website
> >
> > I also applaud their effort, but just because someone sells a linux
> > distribution, it does not nescessarily mean that all of the
> > software/code on the disc is gpl...
>
> Very true, and I'm sure they'll argue just that. I was on making just that
> point about SuSE's disk set the other day. But you can take all the non-gpl
> stuff out of SuSE and be left with perfectly workable distro - given that
> SCO=Caldera=United Linux partner, it is hard to see how they can have been
> putting out a Linux distro without infringing their own intellectual
> property, or issuing it under the gpl ... unless they want to admit that
> their IP is only some fringe trivia ...
The idea here isn't that they are releasing a distro with non-gpl code.
That isn't the issue at all. They are contending that the Linux kernel
is itself violating their IP. LinuxTag is saying that by releasing their
own distro which uses the Linux kernel, which they released under the
GPL, they have released their IP into the world under the GPL, if indeed
their IP is in the kernel.
The problem isn't the software that comes with the Linux distro's, it's
the kernel itself SCO has a problem with. So, by releasing the Linux
kernel under the GPL themselves, they have released their own source
out. That's what LinuxTag is contending.
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> On Tuesday 27 May 2003 15:21, David Herman wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > On Tuesday 27 May 2003 12:55 am, John wrote:
> > > On Monday 26 May 2003 18:35, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> > > > LinuxTag to SCO: desist from unfair competitive practices
> > > >
> > > > http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4603190885.html
> > >
> > > I just went to LinuxTag's website
> >
> > I also applaud their effort, but just because someone sells a linux
> > distribution, it does not nescessarily mean that all of the
> > software/code on the disc is gpl...
>
> Very true, and I'm sure they'll argue just that. I was on making just that
> point about SuSE's disk set the other day. But you can take all the non-gpl
> stuff out of SuSE and be left with perfectly workable distro - given that
> SCO=Caldera=United Linux partner, it is hard to see how they can have been
> putting out a Linux distro without infringing their own intellectual
> property, or issuing it under the gpl ... unless they want to admit that
> their IP is only some fringe trivia ...
The idea here isn't that they are releasing a distro with non-gpl code.
That isn't the issue at all. They are contending that the Linux kernel
is itself violating their IP. LinuxTag is saying that by releasing their
own distro which uses the Linux kernel, which they released under the
GPL, they have released their IP into the world under the GPL, if indeed
their IP is in the kernel.
The problem isn't the software that comes with the Linux distro's, it's
the kernel itself SCO has a problem with. So, by releasing the Linux
kernel under the GPL themselves, they have released their own source
out. That's what LinuxTag is contending.
--
Jason Lotito www.ezPayNet.com
VP of Development jlotito@xxxxxxxxxxxx
514.287.0009 ext.21 tel. The Prepaid WebCard Solution
877.397.2999
514.287.9596 fax
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