[NTLUG:Discuss] SCO, IBM, MS, Linux

[Steve Baker]

jeremy wrote:

> Another twist is that SCO already released the code under GPL in there
> own distro...  talk about a bone headed move on their part!
> I don't see how they can successfully sue anyone for using what they
> already released as open source!

I read someplace that they claim the infringement happened BEFORE
they shipped copied of Linux under GPL and that they were (at that
time) unaware that illegal copies of their code were in Linux.  Had
they known, they would not have GPL'ed it - so (in effect) they were
tricked into GPL'ing their own code.

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