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also note that this is actually "caldera" and not the SCO of Xenix fame. On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > :> Here's one of the many press releases that a google search turned up: > :> > :> http://www.daemon.org/bsd-releases/misc/USL-lawsuit > : > :and here is the other: > : > :http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/bsdi/bsdisuit.htm > : > :-- > :Greetings > : > :Bjoern A. Zeeb bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT > > The best statement that I've read so far vis-a-vie the SCO litigation is > the OSI group's position paper on the matter. It doesn't focus on the > USL lawsuit but it gives a really good overview of the whole situation, > and it brings up the fact that AT&T was caught red-handed taking code > from BSD, removing the copyrights, and putting their own on, which > severely taints the efficacy of any IP claims made based on the SysV > code. > > SCO is basically trying to inflate its own importance and the importance > of its SysV copyrights and the contributions SysV made to the history > of unix, and all public statements SCO makes are done with that in mind. > It's unfortunate that the press feels (generally, not BYTE specifically) > that it must turn the whole thing into high entertainment. > > http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html > > -Matt > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
