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Open Source "State of the Union" addressOpen Source "State of the Union" addressPosted Aug 7, 2003 16:52 UTC (Thu) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)Parent article: Open Source "State of the Union" address
I think that Bruce is wrong about one thing: people who make the mistake of buying the SCO "license" are not violating the GPL. It's only if they buy the license, and subsequently modify or distribute Linux, that they are in violation. The GPL only restricts distribution and modification, not use, so it's not possible to violate the GPL if you engage in neither activity.
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Open Source "State of the Union" address Posted Aug 9, 2003 4:43 UTC (Sat) by BrucePerens (subscriber, #2510) [Link] There are a number of legal theories that can be used to go after that contract, which a lawyer would discuss better than I. But here's one. The SCO license is a contract to infringe, with SCO performing the infringing (violating GPL terms regarding the allowable licensing of derived works) but the customer knowingly contracting for SCO to do it.Bruce
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