From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271756AbTGXWke (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:40:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271757AbTGXWke (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:40:34 -0400 Received: from DELFT.AURA.CS.CMU.EDU ([128.2.206.88]:4831 "EHLO delft.aura.cs.cmu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271756AbTGXWkd (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:40:33 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:55:41 -0400 To: Felipe Alfaro Solana Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: SCO offers UnixWare licenses for Linux Message-ID: <20030724225541.GA26311@delft.aura.cs.cmu.edu> Mail-Followup-To: Felipe Alfaro Solana , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1058807414.513.4.camel@sunshine> <141DFFFA-BBA4-11D7-A61F-000A95773C00@seven-angels.net> <20030721205940.7190f845.diegocg@teleline.es> <1059058329.957.11.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <20030724150841.GA12647@work.bitmover.com> <1059068046.577.3.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1059068046.577.3.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Jan Harkes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 07:34:06PM +0200, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote: > I see the point but... Take Linux as a community. Let's say someone > contributes stolen code, but the community doesn't check if the > contributed code violates any IP or copyright law. So, is the Linux Instead of saying "doesn't check", I would rather say "cannot check". Without access to proprietary source code I'm going to have a hard time telling whether a patch that someone sends me is IP-tainted or not. > We can't be liable for the work of others over which we don't have total > control. Or is the law forcing us to check line by line the > contributions made by hundreds of programmers all around the world? A company doesn't check contributions line-by-line either. In fact they often prefer to hire someone who has several years of experience in the field, so they are intentionally trying to hire people that have had access to some other company's IP. Jan