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A new SCO distributionA new SCO distributionPosted Apr 17, 2003 13:07 UTC (Thu) by erat (guest, #21)Parent article: A new SCO distribution I'm going to play devil's advocate here. I don't work for SCO and I not involved with -- nor have anything to gain from -- the lawsuit, in case that comes into question. The SCO/IBM lawsuit seems to allege that IBM is taking SCO IP and is contributing it to Linux (the kernel, the utilities, whatever), making it available free of charge to anyone who wants it. If this is the case, the (alleged) "SCO IP" that is in Linux (allegedly) belongs to SCO. I'm sure SCO doesn't sweat over licensing its own (alleged) IP to itself, so SCO's distribution of its own (alleged) IP should not damage SCO's revenue. Basically, I don't see how this new distro could cancel out any of the stuff SCO alleges in its lawsuit against IBM. If they put this thing up on their FTP site for free download w/ source code, then I'd say they're contradicting themselves.
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A new SCO distribution Posted Apr 17, 2003 15:03 UTC (Thu) by jamesh (subscriber, #1159) [Link] If we continue along that path of reasoning, you will note that the Linux kernel is covered by the GPL. SCO is distributing some of its IP as part of the kernel in its distro.Since it can't place restrictions on the work above those mentioned in the GPL (including patent licenses, etc), anyone has the right to use those bits of IP under the terms of the GPL. Of course, this wouldn't absolve IBM of "stealing" SCO's IP, if you believe that is what they did.
A new SCO distribution Posted Apr 17, 2003 15:32 UTC (Thu) by erat (guest, #21) [Link] Actually, having thought a bit more about it, I remembered that UnitedLinux source code RPMs can be downloaded and used without restriction as long as you don't represent the rebuilt binaries as being from the UnitedLinux project:ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/scolinux/server/4.0/SRPMS The former does seem to have kernel sources. I couldn't find the kernel sources in the latter URL, but perhaps I didn't look close enough (no "linux" or "kernel" packages that would contain all of the source). So, I stand corrected. There does appear to be a slight contradiction after all.
A new SCO distribution Posted Apr 17, 2003 19:03 UTC (Thu) by josh_stern (guest, #4868) [Link] According to my superficial understanding of the lawsuit, there is no legalcontradiction. They allege that IBM broke non-disclosure agreements and gave away their IP to the world (I suspect they are mostly full of it, but that is another matter). Once the cat is out of the bag, there is no contradiction for them to try and sell whatever they can on the same terms. The legal stuff is all about money, not about being on somebody's buddy list or hate list.
A new SCO distribution Posted Apr 24, 2003 14:23 UTC (Thu) by Wol (guest, #4433) [Link] But when you read the plaint, it's basically a list of lies, half-truths, and unsubstantiated irrelevant rants.Like claiming that SCO was the only x86 nix until linux turned up... Cheers,
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