Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:52:04 +0200 From: Martin Heller <tracking@freebsd.mheller.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Interview in Byte with Chris Sontag/SCO and FUD relating to BSDsettlement agreement Message-ID: <3EEF00E4.9000908@freebsd.mheller.org>
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Hi, I've got some questions relating to the settlement Agreement as Chris Sontag/SCO raised some FUD. Here's the excerpt relating to BSD from the interview: ... But what about BSD?" I asked. Sontag responded that there "could be issues with the [BSD] settlement agreement," adding that Berkeley may not have lived up to all of its commitments under the settlement. "So you want royalties from FreeBSD as well?" I asked. Sontag responded that "there may or may not be issues. We believe that UNIX System V provided the basic building blocks for all subsequent computer operating systems, and that they all tend to be derived from UNIX System V (and therefore are claimed as SCO's intellectual property)." ... 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? Yours, M. Heller
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