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Re: Maybe OT but of interest to some
de Chris Lee 05/29/2006 03:55
In article <127jcuiru7tm1d8@corp.supernews.com>, jeff.needle@cwnet.com says...
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>>>Gosh, I guess I don't know the difference. How is GPL different
>>>from Open
>>>Source?
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>> Basically, under the GPL people can sue you under Federal and
>> International copyright laws for screwing around with GPL
>> software.
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>Thanks. I wonder how often this happens.
More often than you might think. IBM for instance has brought
the GPL into play against SCO as a means of filing violations
of Federal Copyright Law against SCO when SCO ran around claiming
they didn't have to comply with the GPL, since IBM has released
Linux kernel and other software code under the GPL.