From: Brian McGroarty <brian@mcgroarty.net>
To: Jeff Sipek <jeffpc@optonline.net>
Cc: Gabor MICSKO <gmicsko@szintezis.hu>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SCO offers UnixWare licenses for Linux
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:35:48 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030721223548.GA21349@mcgroarty.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200307211353.27015.jeffpc@optonline.net>
On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 01:53:17PM -0400, Jeff Sipek wrote:
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> On Monday 21 July 2003 13:10, Gabor MICSKO wrote:
> > http://lwn.net/Articles/40526/
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> > interesting.
>
> "SCO has announced its latest move: concerned Linux users will be able to buy
> a UnixWare License for a "run-time, binary use of Linux." If you buy into
> their protection scheme, they promise not to sue - but only for binary use.
> Looking at the source (or modifying it), it seems, will not be allowed. It
> will be interesting to see how many companies actually buy these licenses."
I hope not many companies buy the license as a hedge against future
lawsuits...
By buying such a license, a company becomes obligated to the terms of
the license. Even if a party weren't previously at risk, they could
find that they become at risk for future lawsuits based on having
accepted the license.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-07-21 22:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-21 17:10 SCO offers UnixWare licenses for Linux Gabor MICSKO
2003-07-21 17:52 ` Michael Bernstein
2003-07-21 18:59 ` Diego Calleja García
2003-07-21 20:09 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-07-21 20:36 ` Shawn
2003-07-24 14:52 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-07-24 15:08 ` Larry McVoy
2003-07-24 15:49 ` Sancar Saran
2003-07-24 19:32 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-25 11:44 ` Sancar Saran
2003-07-24 15:54 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-07-24 16:01 ` Larry McVoy
2003-07-24 16:17 ` Tomas Szepe
2003-07-24 16:39 ` Yuliy Pisetsky
2003-07-24 16:55 ` Larry McVoy
2003-07-24 18:48 ` nick
2003-07-24 16:52 ` Ian Hastie
2003-07-24 17:22 ` Larry McVoy
2003-07-24 22:52 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2003-07-24 17:00 ` David Benfell
2003-07-24 17:34 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-07-24 17:46 ` Shawn
2003-07-24 22:55 ` Jan Harkes
2003-07-24 23:27 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2003-07-25 19:29 ` Timothy Miller
2003-07-24 21:03 ` Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra
2003-07-21 17:53 ` Jeff Sipek
2003-07-21 22:35 ` Brian McGroarty [this message]
2003-07-22 19:48 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-07-22 3:41 ` Kurt Wall
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-07-21 17:24 Mudama, Eric
2003-07-22 23:34 Clayton Weaver
[not found] <20030724234213.GA20064@work.bitmover.com>
2003-07-25 0:11 ` Michael Bernstein
2003-07-25 0:21 ` Larry McVoy
2003-07-25 12:43 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-07-25 13:37 ` David S. Miller
2003-07-25 15:09 ` Yaroslav Rastrigin
2003-07-25 15:10 ` David S. Miller
2003-07-25 15:17 ` Larry McVoy
2003-07-25 13:37 Downing, Thomas
2003-07-26 8:21 Anuradha Ratnaweera
2003-07-26 14:49 ` Henrik Persson
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