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SCO responds to latest IBM accusations
« on: September 30, 2003, 06:10:58 AM »
SCO has responded to IBM's allegation that they broke the GPL by claiming the GPL is legally questionable and therefore basing its its legal claims on well-settled United States contract laws and United States copyright laws.

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Source: linux.org

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Re: SCO responds to latest IBM accusations
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2003, 06:55:34 AM »
If the GPL is really invalid, under what contract/license did SCO distribute the copyrighted work of so many Linux contributors. What right do they have to demand money without paying all the other contributors their share?

An interesting paradox, don't you think?
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Re: SCO responds to latest IBM accusations
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2003, 08:55:15 AM »
It's my understanding that they're basing their 'GPL is invalid' viewpoint on a questionable assertion that the GPL does not allow for fair use.
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Re: SCO responds to latest IBM accusations
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2003, 10:10:13 AM »
*sigh* :-(
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Re: SCO responds to latest IBM accusations
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2003, 12:47:47 PM »
*bla bla*  ..this will never stop i guess ?  , just like the amiga story....

would be kinda nice if both things was resolved soon.

cheers
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Re: SCO responds to latest IBM accusations
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2003, 01:15:43 PM »
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SCO said:

By so strongly defending the controversial GPL, IBM is also defending a questionable licensing scheme through which it can avoid providing software indemnification for its customers.  We continue to urge IBM to provide legal indemnification for its Linux customers.


Awww, how cute! They care about IBM's customers, and if those customers don't pay SCO's ridiculous license fees, they're UNPROTECTED!
I bet IBM is a price-gouging and rogue dealer as well...

So bloody pathetic. So familiar from the AInc license-on-other-people's-hardware circus. The difference from AInc being that SCO actually thinks it's for their own product they're asking for license fees.
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