[plug] SCO selling GPL'ed Samba, but claims GPL is invalid

[Ben Jensz]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11134

    You see, SCO has just announced that it believes that the GPL's
    invalid, though no one concurs with it (it's unlikely any honest
    judge might).

    SCO's problem then is -- even if it manages to hoodwink a judge (or
    buy some corrupt judge) and get the GPL declared invalid -- then it
    will be violating copyrights by distributing not only Linux but also
    other GPL'd software products like, say... Samba. SCO cannot have it
    both ways here, pilgrims. That it uses both positions at once is
    simply unbelievable.

The Samba team have also commented on it here:

http://au1.samba.org/samba/samba.html

    For SCO to continue to use Open Source/Free Software while attacking
    others for using it is the epitome of hypocrisy.

Their claims have more holes than a Microsoft operating system...


/ Ben