On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:28:10 -0800 John Andersen <jsa@pen.homeip.net> 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 <gaf@blu.org> 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