Interview in Byte with Chris Sontag/SCO and FUD relating to BSDsettlement agreement

Josef Grosch jgrosch at mooseriver.com
Tue Jun 17 05:14:27 PDT 2003


On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 06:08:06AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <3EEF00E4.9000908 at freebsd.mheller.org>
>             Martin Heller <tracking at 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

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