SCO not exactly the lovable little guy (Salt Lake Tribune)

Posted Aug 12, 2003 18:29 UTC (Tue) by gurulabs (subscriber, #10753)
In reply to: SCO not exactly the lovable little guy (Salt Lake Tribune) by ccchips
Parent article: SCO not exactly the lovable little guy (Salt Lake Tribune)

It isn't possible to "steal" BSD licensed code, or code that you wrote yourself and released under the GPL.

SCO not exactly the lovable little guy (Salt Lake Tribune)

Posted Aug 12, 2003 19:48 UTC (Tue) by ccchips (subscriber, #3222) [Link]

Sure it is. All you have to do is strip the copyrights off/remove the "copying" file or whatever, then claim you wrote it first. Then, you claim the GPL'ed code was stolen from *you.*

SCO not exactly the lovable little guy (Salt Lake Tribune)

Posted Aug 13, 2003 12:29 UTC (Wed) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link] (1 responses)

How come AT&T got convicted of it, then?

Or at least, we assume that's what happened. The details aren't public, but as far as anyone can make out, they got their head handed to them on a plate when they sued BSD.

Cheers,
Wol

SCO not exactly the lovable little guy (Salt Lake Tribune)

Posted Aug 14, 2003 7:42 UTC (Thu) by jeroen (guest, #12372) [Link]

They didn't comply with the advertising clause of the BSD license IIRC.