Subject: Re: SCO vs GNU/Linux
From: Damien Hull (dhull@digitaloverload.net)
Date: Mon May 19 2003 - 12:25:12 AKDT
Don't know if you know this but FreeBSD is older then Linux. The reason
more people use Linux and not FreeBSD is because AT&T sued them. They
claimed that FreeBSD contained AT&T code.
From what I've read on the story FreeBSD did have some AT&T code. In the
end the FreeBSD team took out the code and put in their own.
The reason AT&T was able to do this was because they could point to a
specific item. FreeBSD had code from the original BSD distribution that
AT&T funded. They did not however make the claim that FreeBSD could not
have been created with out the help of AT&T and the BSD operating
system.
SCO needs to point to specific items. If they can't then the lawsuit
means nothing.
On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 11:07, Greg Madden wrote:
>
> This list has been pretty quiet concerning the SCO lawsuit. It seems
> that SCO's strategy is clarifying as time passes. The following quote is
> from a small shop that supports/sell Linux boxes, and has stopped using
> Linux. It could take years to settle this lawsuit.Anyone formatting
> their Linux hard drives :)
>
>
> "No, it is not good. I may have been at least partly wrong about what
> the whole thing is about. I was just told Saturday morning that we no
> longer support linux, and not because of our own choice but because of
> possible liability issues. And even worse, according to the lawyer, we
> need to "get rid" of our previous linux customers too, to obsolve
> ourself from past liabilities in case something is found in linux that
> is either copyrighted, patented, or is proprietary property of somebody
> else. Apparently, when it is proven beyond a shadow of a doubt where
> the linux code comes from and that it is all legitimate, then it is ok
> to support and sell it again. I am not sure how companies like Redhat
> are handling the whole thing, but that is what we have done (are
> doing). For those customers that want to stay with linux servers we
> can only recommend that they seek help from online resources such as
> this list. I have much unpleasant work to do this coming week as there
> is going to be alot of questions.
> Jim"
>
> --
> Greg Madden
> Precision Air Balance, Inc.
> Phone: 907-276-0461
> email: pabi@gci.net
>
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