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Groklaw: “SCO Never Repudiated the GPL”

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 2, 2005

“Here is the Declaration of Erik W. Hughes , the SCO employee
who has the unhappy task of having to rebut IBM’s GPL allegations
in its Redacted Memorandum in Support of IBM’s Motion for Partial
Summary Judgment on Breach of Contract Claims, among other things,
and to persuade the court that SCO’s didn’t violate the GPL by its
Intellectual Property License for Linux. He fervently states, in a
moment of supreme irony, and for me great satisfaction, ‘SCO never
repudiated the GPL.’

“Well, we probably need to talk about that…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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