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So you're admitting it's all a lie that Linux is free, then right?

Some of us already knew, it's actually a trojan horse, that's sneaks in the door before the lawyers from the (ironically titled) "Free Software Foundation" swoop in and attempt to confiscate everything it touches.

So you're admitting it's all a lie that Linux is free, then right?

Come on, even I can distinguish between "free for use" and "not free if you take our source code and use it in something else". I'm pretty sure you can too.

If I run Oracle on Linux... no worries. If I run WebSphere on Linux... no worries.

If I take Linux code and stick it in my own application, then I have to provide the source code. Of course, nobody would be that dumb, they'd create a library to put the linux code in and just have to open source the library.

So you're admitting it's all a lie that Linux is free, then right?

I'm claiming so long as you obey copyright it is free, as in I cant hid the source from you, you're not locked into a particular company, and if I yank support I don't leave you in the lurch. If RedHat really cheesed me off tomorrow I could switch to Suse, or IBM, or .... Its never been about:

1) Free cost, the OS is not a huge part of the cost in any given system (unless self built). Many distros are free and thats all well and good but not really important.

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2) The right to take someone else's work and modify sell it without them getting credit, and your changes.

Now I have told you many times #1, and Ill assume you agree if I write something and want to GPL it I have a right to do so this leaves us with the conclusion this is just another cheap troll..

it's actually a trojan horse, that's sneaks in the door before the lawyers from the (ironically titled) "Free Software Foundation" swoop in and attempt to confiscate everything it touches.

Hmm... Oracle, BEA Weblogic, WebSphere, NetBackup, VMWare, Tivoli, Informix, DB2, Opera, (should I keep going). Many companies deploy software onto Linux keep it closed source, they do it legally, with the blessing of most members withing the OSS community, and make a good dime doing it. again its prety obvious youre trolling here.

Finally I see that your ok with SCO potentially taking someone else's copyrighted code and putting into their software without compensation, recognition, or adhering to the license under which the copyright holder released the code..

Ahh I can always count on you GE to be very selective as to when you thing IP is important.. BTW this is not the first time SCO has done this, they also copied completely chapters from the book "Book of Webmin" but you already knew that and ignore copyright violations by your pet companies..