On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:28:10 -0800
John Andersen
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.
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Jerry Feldman