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SuSE sheltered by SCO pact
Zombie9920:
By Stephen Shankland
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
May 4, 2003, 6:30 PM PT
An agreement with SCO Group protects Linux seller SuSE from legal action stemming from SCO's accusation that Unix software was copied into Linux, SuSE said.
"We have a joint development agreement with them, which includes appropriate cross-licensing arrangements," said SuSE spokesman Joe Eckert on Friday. "Our lawyers feel that covers us from any actions that SCO may take."
SCO on Thursday said it had found cases in which source code underlying the proprietary Unix operating system--the rights to which the Lindon, Utah-based company owns--had been copied into Linux, an open-source clone of Unix. If SCO can prove its allegation, resulting copyright infringement issues could pose a challenge to companies that sell Linux, legal experts have said.
Asked if SCO planned legal action against Red Hat and SuSE, SCO Chief Executive Darl McBride told CNET News.com, "There's a point in time that has to be resolved with those guys, too." However, he said such action isn't currently part of SCO's legal proceedings, which are concentrated on a billion-dollar lawsuit alleging that IBM misappropriated SCO's Unix trade secrets and moved them into Linux.
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HPC GUY:
this is a greedy last ditch effort by the dying Cladera/SCO company to generate some cash. when in finacial doubt, sue someone....
TheQuirk:
That's right--not Stalin or the USSR.
What he meant to say is that SuSE is a NAZI COMPANY, HEADED BY HITLER AND OUT THERE TO KILL THE LIKES OF ME.
slave:
I never liked SuSE. People always scream how Red Hat is "the next Microsoft" and all of that unfounded shit, but Red Hat produces one of the most Free distros available, even going to far as to remove mp3 support due to potential patent issues (some would say they even go to far in this respect) SuSE doesn't even let you download x86 ISOs from their website (or anyone else's) and their distro contains a bunch of non-free software by default, which is not bad in and of itself, but inhibits free distribution I mean, I'll download flash if I really want it, but I do NOT want it in by default if that makes the distribution non-free, mkay? Yast is also covered under a non-free license, lest anyone else use it in their distribution.
mobrien_12:
quote:Originally posted by TheQuirk:
That's right--not Stalin or the USSR.
What he meant to say is that SuSE is a NAZI COMPANY, HEADED BY HITLER AND OUT THERE TO KILL THE LIKES OF ME.
--- End quote ---
Where the hell did that come from?
Unfortunately, it seems that I need to explain myself better. I'm genuinely suprised.
In WWII, Germany started invading countries.
Germany signed a nonagression pact with the Soviets. Germany invaded Russia anyway.
For those who need this analogy explicitly described, SCO is the agressor, suing everyone. SuSe says they have something like a nonagression pact that should protect them. I say SCO will sue them anyway.
And, just in case I need to explicitly say this too: The analogy deals only with agressive behavior and non-agression pacts. The analogy has nothing to do with fascism, anti-semitism, the nazi party, the communist party, white supremacy, or your mother's brother's father's former roomate.
[ May 05, 2003: Message edited by: M. O'Brien ]
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