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SCO Now Willfully Violating the GPL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-just-gets-more-interesting dept.

Pogue Mahone writes "According to The Register, SCO is now distributing Linux code under a more restrictive license than the GPL. This is a violation of copyright, since only the GPL gives them any rights to distribute the code. Time for every single developer who has contributed code to the kernel to send a Cease and Desist letter to SCO."

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  1. Re:That's right by rutledjw · · Score: 0, Redundant
    What an ass. Overseas terrorism how?

    You've lost ANY moral stance you had with that first comment...

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    Computer Science is Applied Philosophy
  2. Re:That's right by VdG · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Isn't it important that the copyright owners are seen to be defending their IP? Otherwise, SCO could just turn around and say "Sure: Fred owns that bit of code but he doesn't really care about it, so the copyright's lapsed and we can do what the hell we like."

    That might not be the case, and of course it's the sort of thing that could vary from one jurisdiction to another.