I also found that SCO donated Unixware and System V code to IBM's AIX 5L project. This was the successor to Project Monterey. See evidence on this page. The SCO page has disappeared from their site, but I was able to retrieve it elsewhere.
Thanks for the praise. I'm glad you find my blog useful. I do want to make clear that I am a paralegal, not an attorney, so it's a paralegal blog, not a legal blog. While it's true that I work in the legal field, as you say, I don't want anyone to be misled. I'm doing what paralegals do: research. And I post what I find, with the hope that it will prove useful, as the saying goes.
"Maddog however cares about Linux acceptance in corporate America and is in favor of other non gpl (or non free according to RMS ) OSS like FreeBSD."
Just for your consideration: the SCO case should demonstrate two things clearly. First, acceptance in corporate America is what brought all this heartache to open source in the first place.
Second, it's the GPL and only the GPL that is protecting everything from SCO. McBride said yesterday that he won't sue Linux distributors after all, because of the GPL. So ask yourself if your views are still holding water or if they need to be revised in light of current events.
It was one thing to say things like that a couple of years ago, but now things have played out in a way that ought to make everyone reconsider their position and recognize that the GPL was specifically designed to protect free software from greedy and unethical business types who might like to grab whatever they think might make them a quick dollar. And it is working.
I have long believed that MS and SCO and other types in that same basket deliberately pollute Slashdot with their paid views, which they carefully craft to sound as authentic as possible ("This will get me modded down but..." or "I admire Stallman for his work but..."). I used to do PR, so I can smell it. Your post smells, Sir. I, for one, intend to flag such comments with determination whenever I see them and I hope others in the know will do the same. In fact I just got an account so I can post as often as I see a need. Maybe the PR flaks will then go away, when they see FUD doesn't work in a savvy crowd.
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I also found that SCO donated Unixware and System V code to IBM's AIX 5L project. This was the successor to Project Monterey. See evidence on this page. The SCO page has disappeared from their site, but I was able to retrieve it elsewhere.
Thanks for the praise. I'm glad you find my blog useful. I do want to make clear that I am a paralegal, not an attorney, so it's a paralegal blog, not a legal blog. While it's true that I work in the legal field, as you say, I don't want anyone to be misled. I'm doing what paralegals do: research. And I post what I find, with the hope that it will prove useful, as the saying goes.
Just for your consideration: the SCO case should demonstrate two things clearly. First, acceptance in corporate America is what brought all this heartache to open source in the first place.
Second, it's the GPL and only the GPL that is protecting everything from SCO. McBride said yesterday that he won't sue Linux distributors after all, because of the GPL. So ask yourself if your views are still holding water or if they need to be revised in light of current events.
It was one thing to say things like that a couple of years ago, but now things have played out in a way that ought to make everyone reconsider their position and recognize that the GPL was specifically designed to protect free software from greedy and unethical business types who might like to grab whatever they think might make them a quick dollar. And it is working.
I have long believed that MS and SCO and other types in that same basket deliberately pollute Slashdot with their paid views, which they carefully craft to sound as authentic as possible ("This will get me modded down but ..." or "I admire Stallman for his work but ..."). I used to do PR, so I can smell it. Your post smells, Sir. I, for one, intend to flag such comments with determination whenever I see them and I hope others in the know will do the same. In fact I just got an account so I can post as often as I see a need. Maybe the PR flaks will then go away, when they see FUD doesn't work in a savvy crowd.