From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270642AbTGURlO (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:41:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270639AbTGURjQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:39:16 -0400 Received: from mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.5.10]:8669 "EHLO mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270637AbTGURib (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:38:31 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:53:17 -0400 From: Jeff Sipek Subject: Re: SCO offers UnixWare licenses for Linux In-reply-to: <1058807414.513.4.camel@sunshine> To: Gabor MICSKO , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <200307211353.27015.jeffpc@optonline.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Content-description: clearsigned data User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <1058807414.513.4.camel@sunshine> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 21 July 2003 13:10, Gabor MICSKO wrote: > http://lwn.net/Articles/40526/ > > interesting. "SCO has announced its latest move: concerned Linux users will be able to buy a UnixWare License for a "run-time, binary use of Linux." If you buy into their protection scheme, they promise not to sue - but only for binary use. Looking at the source (or modifying it), it seems, will not be allowed. It will be interesting to see how many companies actually buy these licenses." Sounds like extortion to me.. Jeff. - -- The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. - Bill Gates, The Road Ahead, pg. 265 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/HCiSwFP0+seVj/4RAjDoAJwMe6Otc1q6EZVUIWqvgs4LyeeMagCfQ4U6 kUhdRCF2gMbCP4IiLOZ0BcA= =Rk7p -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----