Hi Edward, > Surely some clever programmers can just re-write the offending code so > as not to breach IP?
There are no explicit IP claims in the lawsuit. If there were, indeed the offending code could be taken out (assuming there is any). But the whole point just seems to spread FUD and make some money out of this by licensing Linux (Stowell: "We're working on some details to try and create some kind of a licensing program for Linux users to be able to run Linux legally." Arrogant twat >:-| .) Assuming there is IP being violated SCO doesn't give anybody the opportunity to stop violating it by disclosing what the actual violation is, and then threatens to sue you for this. (By the way, it has been suggested that the identical pieces of code SCO has been showing to people are actually originating from BSD and ended up in both SystemV and Linux (illegally because the licenses were removed)). The only somewhat clear point made against IBM concerning IP is the fact that because AIX is to a certain extend based on Unix none of the AIX code can be open sourced, and thus IBM should not have open sourced JFS, which by the way was originally developed for OS/2. Quite far fetched to call open sourcing JFS an IP violation, and it seems to be in conflict with the contract that IBM originally signed with AT&T. Bye Leonard. -- How clean is a war when you shoot around nukelar waste? Stop the use of depleted uranium ammo! End all weapons of mass destruction. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
