Re: Linux, UDI and SCO.

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 13:35:54 +0200 (CEST)


On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Terry L Ridder wrote:

> There are basically only two ways this UDI scenario can work.

s/two/three/

> 1. All the commercial backers of it, switch to using Linux for their OS
> and they just build hardware, or in SCO's case additional software
> add-ons.
>
> 2. SCO releases all UNIX source code under the GNU GPL, HP releases all
> sources code of HP-UX, Sun releases all source code for SunOS and
> Solaris.

3. SCO writes the code and releases it under GPL for the Linux
and *BSD crowd and sells it under a different licence for
other uses. Something like this _is_ allowed under GPL.

Rik.
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