From: adam flinton 

Paul Ranson wrote:
> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:3eef3f27{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>They are claiming other people's work. It's like saying trumpet tcp was
>>built on top of windows 3.x ergo MS owns it.
>
>
> If you read the article you've referenced you'll see,
>
> "Everybody was happy to sign tough contracts with these benevolent
> scientists—licenses which deeded all derivative works back to AT&T, licenses
> that covered all "methods" and "concepts" of
operating systems."
>
> So they may be claiming 'other peoples work', but those other people
> apparently signed contracts that mean they don't own their own work.
>
> Microsoft is much more benign in its licensing....
>
> Paul
>
So SCO own BSD?

Adam

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