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:The Register: SCO: Irrevocable Doesn't Mean Forever
The Register: SCO: Irrevocable Doesn't Mean Forever
Oct 10, 2003, 14 :00 UTC (21 Talkback[s]) (11684 reads)

(Other stories by Andrew Orlowski)

[ Thanks to Andrew Crofts for this link. ]

"IBM, and now SGI claim that their UNIX licenses are irrevocable. Not on your nelly, says SCO--and is there anyone left on the planet who isn't aware of SCO's litigation against Linux and open source?

"To: <andrew.orlowski@theregister.co.uk>
Subject: Why do these guys keep calling the license irrevocable?

"I have read over SGI’s licenses and I’ve found no place where it says it is irrevocable. Why would anyone in their right mind sign over a license to anyone that was not revocable...?..."

Complete Story

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MozillaQuest: Is IBM's Irrevocable Unix License Revocable?(Jul 29, 2003)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
This guy claims that SGI stole XFS - uhh ...   Same old S***   
Steve Wilson
Oct 10, 2003, 14:21:00
 
samo samothey really are getting boring  ...   Yawn   
br3n
Oct 10, 2003, 14:30:23
 
Intersting that this little snippet of S ...   Snippet   
Glen
Oct 10, 2003, 14:39:16
 
Most on Wall Street are getting rather t ...   SCO's Existence is Revocable   
Nicholas Donovan
Oct 10, 2003, 14:49:46
 
From dictionary.com:irrevocable\Ir*rev"o ...   Irrevocable means what it says   
AC
Oct 10, 2003, 14:54:44
 
This statement by Stowell doesn&#39;t pr ...   Doesn't Prove Anything   
C. Whitman
Oct 10, 2003, 15:06:08
 
I think what what IBM and SGI mean by ir ...   BS is talking BS again   
Shiva
Oct 10, 2003, 15:13:54
 
> Why would anyone in their right mind s ...   Why   
ac
Oct 10, 2003, 15:34:57
 
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UT ...   Stowell is not an attorney, but Mark Radcliffe is.   
GreyGeek
Oct 10, 2003, 15:38:28
 
Exactly. SCO has played this particular  ...   re: Doesn't Prove Anything   
Brandioch Conner
Oct 10, 2003, 15:44:54
 
*If* LICENSEE fails to fulfill obligatio ...   keep reading, Blake   
copy_chief
Oct 10, 2003, 16:26:03
 
Drivers licenses don&#39;t cost 6, 7, 8  ...   Drivers license?   
scott_R
Oct 10, 2003, 16:28:04
 
Thank you for your eloquent reply.  May  ...   Re: BS is talking BS again   
C. Conrad Cady
Oct 10, 2003, 16:33:08
 
Those deadbeats just use any opportunity ...   we should stop giving the SCOundrels any attention   
wildpossum
Oct 10, 2003, 16:54:54
 
up to the next i won&#39;t read  ...   I will not read this article.   
Wim
Oct 10, 2003, 18:07:04
 
Obviously young Daryl hasn&#39;t learned ...   Re: SCO's Existence is Revocable   
I R A Darth Aggie
Oct 10, 2003, 18:18:31
 
SGI & IBM should revoke their technology ...   Turn about is fair play   
Samuel Taylor
Oct 10, 2003, 19:15:43
 
> I think what what IBM and SGI mean by  ...   Re: BS is talking BS again   
Bill
Oct 10, 2003, 19:20:39
 
I was surprised that BS has taken to wri ...   BS Is An Idiot   
Daniel
Oct 10, 2003, 20:03:32
 
"If LICENSEE fails to fulfill one or mor ...   Doesn't prove anything   
yting
Oct 11, 2003, 01:31:34
 
People might be interested in this from  ...   Amendment X   
GuruJ
Oct 13, 2003, 06:18:28
 
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