[US] Lindows.com Revelation Could Be Fatal Blow to SCO Case

Article from Open For Business (English)

"Since Lindows.com cannot release a version of the Linux kernel without releasing it under the GPL, it has, by releasing a kernel with a licensed version of the SCO code, made that licensed SCO code GPL'ed. The only alternatives are that Lindows is either (a) violating its licensing agreement with SCO by doing so or (b) violating the Linux license by placing non-GPL'ed code in the Linux kernel and thereby infecting the GPL'ed code. Neither of these scenarios, however, fit with what Lindows is asserting."


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As Alice of Wonderland said, this case is getting curiouser and curiouser. We'll probably end up with a new breed of lawyers known as "GPL Chasers".