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:The Register: Against SCO's GPL Jihad: One Size Doesn't Fit All
The Register: Against SCO's GPL Jihad: One Size Doesn't Fit All
Aug 27, 2003, 01 :00 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (8451 reads)

(Other stories by Andrew Orlowski)

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

"A fortnight ago we rued the fact that our most valuable social contract, the GPL was heading to the courtroom for the first time. FSF counsel Eben Moglen assured us not to worry, and that the GPL would be upheld under United States Law at its first major test.

"But what about the rest of us? A win in the US does not guarantee a free passage for the rest of us, as Gary Lea points out. Gary is a law lecturer in London and highlights an important international dynamic that has been absent from the SCO vs. IBM coverage so far. We reproduce it in full..."

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The situation in Oz is also worse than i ...   In Oz...   
Bojan Smojver
Aug 27, 2003, 04:28:30
 
I saw an article in SD Times where Boies ...   This Is Not Correct About U.S. Copyright Law   
C. Whitman
Aug 27, 2003, 06:11:34
 
So, what he is saying is that the GPL ma ...   Stronger   
Kent
Aug 27, 2003, 06:58:29
 
a) Apart from the basic matter of copyin ...   This is interesting.   
SM
Aug 27, 2003, 10:12:33
 
There are several problems with using th ...   Re: This is interesting.   
C. Whitman
Aug 27, 2003, 17:58:37
 
> So can SCO charge for Linux? I believe ...   Re: This is interesting.   
Bojan Smojver
Aug 28, 2003, 02:05:47
 
> Anyway, if I am, then how can SCO now  ...   Re: Re: This is interesting.   
Bojan Smojver
Aug 28, 2003, 03:24:40
 
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