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SCOsource and Linux

SCOsource and Linux

Posted Feb 2, 2003 2:55 UTC (Sun) by wolfrider (guest, #3105)
In reply to: SCOsource and Linux by mgh
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.

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


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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...

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