[Linux-aus] Re: Statement on SCO

[David Lloyd]

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Jeff,

> Immediately upon initial reading: I'd strongly recommend canning all
> of the MS related stuff. It doesn't help or relate to your point, and
> is all conjecture and conspiracy theories at the moment anyway.

I'd also point out:

 What is wrong with Microsoft purchasing a Unix licence from SCO?

I thought *anyone* could purchase such a licence, just that the licence
was beyond the usual individuals' or companies' reach. Also the
"Microsoft shouldn't be purchasing Unix licences" camp fall into another
particular trap.

If we want to share our ideas a community, we place them under the
GPL/BSD licence or whatever. That is to say, the open source community
respects the open source licences. So, if Microsoft decide to use some
of the Unix source code to improve their line of products shouldn't they
behave themselves and purchase the correct licence? Sure...it will cost
them more than if Unix (that thing owned by SCO) were under the BSD
licence or GPL but they're still playing by the rules.

So, at one minute we're saying "Learn as a community, play by the rules"
but then saying "But we don't want Microsoft to learn from a community".
I find that illogical.

(but my logic often is convoluted and fails me)

DSL

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