free sco unix

[Chuck Swiger]

On Jun 16, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Peter Vereshagin wrote:
> And does FreeBSD Foundation own its FreeBSD UNIX then? If it does, did it pay
> for it? Does it certify its FreeBSD as a UNIX and how much does it pay?


The FreeBSD Foundation is a non-profit organization which supports and represents the FreeBSD project.  FreeBSD is a BSD Unix operating system; but it isn't Open Group certified UNIX(tm) primarily because people don't feel it's worth paying for such certification. [1]

As for the rest of the commentary, it's drifting wildly off-topic.  If you want legal advice, you need to talk to your lawyer, not to random folks on a mailing list who aren't qualified to practice law.

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck

[1]: AIX, HP/UX, Mac OS X, and Solaris are the only certified UNIX(tm) 2003 platforms.  None of the freely available BSDs (ie, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and so forth) are certified UNIX.