Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 10:02:34 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu> Cc: Stuart Krivis <stuart@krivis.com>, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sybase/linux Message-ID: <199809251702.KAA03961@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Sep 1998 09:14:58 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980925091035.7324D-100000@cole.salk.edu>
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> > > > The license when you download from Caldera says: > > > > > > LICENSE & LICENSE RESTRICTIONS. You are allowed to install and use the > > > Software for free as long as you operate the Software at all times only > > > with the Linux operation system running natively on your hardware system. > > > You may modify, translate or adapt the Software as long as you do not > > > reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble it (except to the extent the > > > laws in your jurisdiction specifically prohibit these restrictions). > > > > This raises the question: "What is the Linux Operating System?" > > > > It also raises the question: "What does it mean to run native?" > > If running unmodified Linux i386 binaries and libraries on an i386 machine > is not native then I don't know what is. Unfortunately, this definition is too lose. What the license means specifically is : "You may not run this free version of Sybase on a system for which a more expensive version of Sybase exists". ie. SCO. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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