Messages in this thread | | | From | Peter Chubb <> | Date | Fri, 5 Dec 2003 19:23:39 +1100 | Subject | Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? |
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>>>>> "Nick" == Nick Piggin <piggin@cyberone.com.au> writes:
Nick> Peter Chubb wrote:
Nick> Not quite sure what you mean here. As far as I was aware, SCO Nick> doesn't have any copyrights or patents on any code in the Linux Nick> Kernel so it is not a similar situation. I haven't followed the Nick> SCO thing closely though.
As I understand it, SCO is/was claiming that JFS and XFS are derived works of the UNIX source base, because they were developed to match the internal interfaces of UNIX, and with knowledge of the internals of UNIX -- and they hold the copyrights of and are the licensor of UNIX.
I may be misunderstanding their points. And I am not a lawyer.
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