[plug] Copy of my response to SCO ANZ, FYI

[Shayne O'Neill]

This is exactly my point! SCO can at best claim some of the code. This
however does not mean that there claim is 'viral' on the rest of the code.

And as ghastly as this might sound, I'd rather have no linux available
than to see so many peoples pride and joy perverted into some sort of
smash and grab toy for a failed IT company.

I honestly believe linux will prevail in this, but if it does not then I
guess I'm gunna have to swallow my pride and become a BSD kid after all.
:(

Hell I started on BSD.

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Shayne O'Neill. Indymedia. Fun.
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On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 sscott at iinet.net.au wrote:

> The thing that really gets me about this whole fiasco is that even if SCO could
> prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Linux kernel did in fact contain SCO
> owned code, it would still be illegal and a violation of the GPL for them to
> ask for license fees in this manner.
>
> All they could hope for would be for a judge to stop the distribution of linux
> until the offending code is removed. Through this action, they are basically
> saying that they own *all* of linux and are allowed to relicense it as they see
> fit. This is a direct violation of the rights of those who actually *do* own
> the code, and Im surprised that SCO arent being sued into the ground by anyone
> who has ever contributed anything substantial to the linux kernel.
>
> > I'm prolly slow and you guys have prolly seen this but Leon's in the news...
> >
> > Aust firm tells SCO to detail evidence
> > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/21/1074360802009.html
>
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