Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:14:24 -0500 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interview in Byte with Chris Sontag/SCO and FUD relating to BSDsettlement agreement Message-ID: <20030617121424.GA11867@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <20030617.060806.42773474.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <3EEF00E4.9000908@freebsd.mheller.org> <20030617.060806.42773474.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 06:08:06AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <3EEF00E4.9000908@freebsd.mheller.org> > Martin Heller <tracking@freebsd.mheller.org> writes: > : Will the FreeBSD project issue an offical statement relating to these > : allegations? > : What will happen to FreeBSD if SCO aims at the BSD projects. Could SCO > : revoke the Settlement Agreement and pursue a court ruling? > > This is not an official statement from the project. > > There is not now, nor has there *EVER* been *ANY* System V code in > BSD. *EVER*. NEVER. NEVER. NEVER. The IP connected with the BSD > suit of the early 1990s derived from pre System V and System III > versions of Unix. In fact, Version 7 unix has more Berkeley > copyrights in it than AT&T copyright notices. > > The settlement terms specifically state that SCO cannot sue anybody > who makes a release based on 4.4-LITE. The settlement agreement is > BINDING on both parties. SCO cannot revoke it, and will have a hell > of a legal fight if they try. > > Warner Where can one find a copy of the settlement agreement? Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 5.1 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | www.bafug.org
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