From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262987AbUJ1MQ5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:16:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262979AbUJ1MQN (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:16:13 -0400 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:17801 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263000AbUJ1MMZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:12:25 -0400 Message-Id: <200410270145.i9R1jAUQ004678@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> To: "Jeff V. Merkey" cc: Al Viro , David Weinehall , Dax Kelson , Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.9 and GPL Buyout In-Reply-To: Message from "Jeff V. Merkey" of "Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:37:28 MDT." <41796178.7010006@drdos.com> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.0.4; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 15) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:45:10 -0300 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Jeff V. Merkey" said: > SCO Just sent over a list of contaminated files with a "bill of health" > certification for Linux that if we remove the identified files they will > certify our Linux distribution as clean. They are also sending out some > form of statement that we are not affiliated with them, and that we are > competitors of SCO since we use Linux. They claim the following and I > have a listing of files, lines numbers, etc. they told us we must remove > in order for our Linux appliances to be considered "clean." This info > might be useful to others. They have a cert program to remove the areas. It is extremely weird that they send this to you, but are totally unable to show same to the judge and IBM. Did they also send over the exact basis for the claims on each of the pieces of code by any chance? SCOX has ownership interest only over some snippets of code they explicitly contributed to Linux under GPL while they called themselves Caldera. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513