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SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register)

SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register)

Posted Aug 6, 2003 0:11 UTC (Wed) by trutkin (guest, #3919)
In reply to: SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register) by coriordan
Parent article: SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register)

Well, no. The Linux guys can look at the BSD code, but the BSD guys can't look at the Linux code. License issues. Let's not start a flame war though.


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SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register)

Posted Aug 6, 2003 0:24 UTC (Wed) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]

> the BSD guys can't look at the Linux code

Copyright covers copying, not looking. From looking, comes knowledge and understanding, these are also beyond the scope of copyright.

SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register)

Posted Aug 6, 2003 2:22 UTC (Wed) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link]

Looking at and copying are different things. But let's not start a flame war ;)

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