SCO and the GPL

Funny how I never can get a question in during your teleconferences...

Here's what I wanted to ask:

	I verified this morning that it is still possible to download
	source for a 2.4 kernel from ftp.sco.com.  This kernel, of course,
	contains a great deal of GPL-licensed software to which SCO can
	make no claim.  Given how the GPL works, I must conclude that
	either (1) that kernel *is* licensed under the GPL, with all the
	rights of use, modification, and redistribution that implies, or
	(2) SCO is distributing a derived product over which it claims
	proprietary rights.  In the second case, SCO is infringing upon the
	copyrights of all the other contributors to the 2.4 kernel.

	Question: what is SCO's position regarding the licensing of the
	code found in the 2.4 kernel it is distributing?  Does SCO feel
	entitled to infringe upon the copyrights of contributors to the
	Linux kernel?

I need an answer by Wednesday late morning, please.

Thank you,

jon

Jonathan Corbet
Executive editor, LWN.net
corbet@lwn.net