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SCOsource and Linux

Posted Jan 30, 2003 10:03 UTC (Thu) by mgh (guest, #5696)
Parent article: SCOsource and Linux

If linux is infringing based on the assumptions in these posts then I'd say Microsoft really can't say they are 100% safe either, after all they are known to have lifted *BSD code into their networking.

On the other hand SCO sueing Microsoft - popular pastime as it seem to be just now I am not sure I'd bet on SCO....

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SCOsource and Linux

Posted Feb 2, 2003 2:55 UTC (Sun) by wolfrider (guest, #3105) [Link]

>> If linux is infringing based on the assumptions in these posts then I'd say Microsoft really can't say they are 100% safe either, after all they are known to have lifted *BSD code into their networking.

--BSD code is under a different license. They're OK w/ MS using it.

SCOsource and Linux

Posted Feb 13, 2003 11:04 UTC (Thu) by maotig (guest, #9614) [Link]

The contention would be, SCO IP may have flowed though BSD as well, thus if Microsoft picked up "tainted" BSD bits, they would then have an issue with SCO, not BSD...