From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261733AbTLEIYO (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 03:24:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263205AbTLEIYO (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 03:24:14 -0500 Received: from mail005.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.54]:41857 "EHLO mail005.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261733AbTLEIYN (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 03:24:13 -0500 From: Peter Chubb MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16336.16523.259812.642087@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 19:23:39 +1100 To: Nick Piggin Cc: Peter Chubb , Paul Adams , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? In-Reply-To: <3FD00CD2.2020900@cyberone.com.au> References: <20031204235055.62846.qmail@web21503.mail.yahoo.com> <3FCFCC3E.8050008@cyberone.com.au> <16336.2094.950232.375620@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> <3FD00CD2.2020900@cyberone.com.au> X-Mailer: VM 7.14 under 21.4 (patch 14) "Reasonable Discussion" XEmacs Lucid Comments: Hyperbole mail buttons accepted, v04.18. X-Face: GgFg(Z>fx((4\32hvXq<)|jndSniCH~~$D)Ka:P@e@JR1P%Vr}EwUdfwf-4j\rUs#JR{'h# !]])6%Jh~b$VA|ALhnpPiHu[-x~@<"@Iv&|%R)Fq[[,(&Z'O)Q)xCqe1\M[F8#9l8~}#u$S$Rm`S9% \'T@`:&8>Sb*c5d'=eDYI&GF`+t[LfDH="MP5rwOO]w>ALi7'=QJHz&y&C&TE_3j! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "Nick" == Nick Piggin writes: Nick> Peter Chubb wrote: Nick> Not quite sure what you mean here. As far as I was aware, SCO Nick> doesn't have any copyrights or patents on any code in the Linux Nick> Kernel so it is not a similar situation. I haven't followed the Nick> SCO thing closely though. As I understand it, SCO is/was claiming that JFS and XFS are derived works of the UNIX source base, because they were developed to match the internal interfaces of UNIX, and with knowledge of the internals of UNIX -- and they hold the copyrights of and are the licensor of UNIX. I may be misunderstanding their points. And I am not a lawyer. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever*