Subject: RE: SCO vs GNU/Linux
From: shortpier (shortpier@shortpier.is-a-geek.com)
Date: Mon May 19 2003 - 07:16:37 AKDT
Lets not forget that on slashdot this early AM there is a blurb about M$
is going be licensing( http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1007528.html )
SCO Unix code......
M$ wants Linux BAD....
Shortpier
On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 17:21, Jan Zumwalt wrote:
> This is not meant to be a flame or controversial, but I believe your legal
> authority is a might bit uninformed.
>
> MS has been successfully sued by Digital for stealing code for DOS. MS has
> been successfully sued for copying certain aspects of Word Perfect. Logitech
> successfully sued MS for patent infringement on it's mouse. MS was
> successfully sued for copyright infringements for certain aspects of
> Outlook.
>
> If your attorneys opinion was truly universal then we would have all stopped
> using MS products in 1985.
> JZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org]On Behalf Of
> Damien Hull
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 12:25 PM
> To: Greg Madden
> Cc: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: Re: SCO vs GNU/Linux
>
>
> 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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