Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 24, 2003 09:49 PM
Quote from the GPL:
5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License.
A lawyer representing SCO has stated that they will argue that the GPL is invalid, which means they've publicly stated that they do not accept the license. With no license, they have no legal ability to distribute the Linux kernel, Samba, or any other binaries or source licensed under the GPL.
Another GPL quote:
4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License.
SCO is guilty of both sublicensing the Linux kernel as well as knowingly distributing code they believe isn't licensed under the GPL in the Linux kernel.
SCO's ability to distribute any GPL code has been revoked under at least these two instances, and someone needs to send them a registered letter telling them so. For each GPL-licensed project that SCO distributes, the maintainers need to either (individually or as a group) send a letter notifiying SCO that their right to distribute GPL software has been terminated and further distribution is a violation of copyright law.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 24, 2003 09:49 PM5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License.
A lawyer representing SCO has stated that they will argue that the GPL is invalid, which means they've publicly stated that they do not accept the license. With no license, they have no legal ability to distribute the Linux kernel, Samba, or any other binaries or source licensed under the GPL.
Another GPL quote:
4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt
otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License.
SCO is guilty of both sublicensing the Linux kernel as well as knowingly distributing code they believe isn't licensed under the GPL in the Linux kernel.
SCO's ability to distribute any GPL code has been revoked under at least these two instances, and someone needs to send them a registered letter telling them so. For each GPL-licensed project that SCO distributes, the maintainers need to either (individually or as a group) send a letter notifiying SCO that their right to distribute GPL software has been terminated and further distribution is a violation of copyright law.
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