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FSF General Counsel Eben Moglen on Cisco and SCO (NewsForge)
Joe Barr talks with
Eben Moglen, General Counsel for the Free Software Foundation.
"It is well known that the Free Software Foundation does not hold
copyright in the Linux system kernel program. Linux is not part of the gnu
project, which is why Mr. Stallman insists so much on the verbal
distinction between GNU and Linux. Since we do not hold copyright in the
Linux kernel, we do not enforce the GPL with respect to the Linux operating
system kernel. Where, however, we believe the kernel is being distributed
in a non-compliant fashion, that's an impediment to the full resolution of
disputes about compliance where other free software foundation programs are
involved, because we want the license respected as to all free
software."
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FSF General Counsel Eben Moglen on Cisco and SCO (NewsForge) Posted Oct 31, 2003 22:06 UTC (Fri) by suckmebitch (guest, #16361) [Link] SCO owns Unix and Linux! Yeah!Go SCO!
FSF General Counsel Eben Moglen on Cisco and SCO (NewsForge) Posted Oct 31, 2003 22:29 UTC (Fri) by wweber (guest, #11678) [Link] SCO owns Unix System V, and owns Caldera OpenLinux, which I always found friendly to install. They have not convinced anyone but their stockholders that they own all operating systems having the Linux kernel, and I notice you mentioned no other GNU systems. BTW, have you a colleague named Seth?
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