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Story: SCO ready to hit Australian Linux users

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I have had a pleasure of talking to Kieran over the phone in the early days of this whole fiasco. I have told him that I wanted a few more details about this new "licence for Linux" that they were selling.

First I wanted the explanation about GPL and if the kernel was still licensed under it. At first he said yes, of course. OK, I said, then I can distribute and modify it freely. No, Kieran replied, you need out licence. Then I persisted and said that it cannot be both. At that point he changed his mind and said that the kernel is not completely under the GPL (although you could download it from SCO's FTP site at that point, licensed GPL) and that you have to have their licence for their IP in the kernel. He said they laid no claim on anything else. OK then, now I wanted to know from Kieran what exactly is infringing so I could remove that and then distribute the rest. He then promptly hung up the phone... So convincing.

Oh and BTW, he was the one answering the phone at SCO Sydney. Great power to be reckoned with - a company in which the boss manages the phones.

Please... Kieran better find a real job quick smart.

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