The text of IBM's counterclaims

The text of IBM's counterclaims

Posted Aug 8, 2003 23:33 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: The text of IBM's counterclaims by dmantione
Parent article: The text of IBM's counterclaims

SCO did still violate the GPL, because by compiling a Linux kernel, they link what they claim as non-GPL code to GPL code, which is not allowed.

Not quite right. It's permitted to links non-GPL code to GPL code, as long as none of the provisions of the GPL are violated. (Thus, you can link no-advertising-clause BSD-licensed code to GPLed code freely.)

The problem with SCO's situation is that their non-GPL code has more restrictions than the GPL. That is not allowed, under clause 6 of the GPL.

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