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RE: SCO redistributing Nmap?


From: "Dominick, David" <David.Dominick () delta com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:07:10 -0400

I know I am in total agreement with you as well

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From: Bo Cato [mailto:jcato73 () comcast net]
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 10:50 AM
To: nmap-dev () insecure org; Fyodor
Subject: Re: SCO redistributing Nmap?


I'll make a point to research when I get a chance. FYI, I can only
speak for myself... but I fully support your choice Fyodor. Big
thumbs up from me.

-b

Hello Fyodor,

Friday, August 22, 2003, 10:04:48 PM, you wrote:

F> Hey guys,

F> SCO Corporation of Lindon, Utah (formerly Caldera) has lately taken to
F> an extortion campaign of demanding license fees from Linux users for
F> code that they themselves knowingly distributed under the terms of the
F> GNU GPL.  They have also refused to accept the GPL, claiming that some
F> preposterous theory of theirs makes it invalid.  In response to these
F> blatant violations, and in accordance with section 4 of the GPL, I am
F> considering terminating SCO's rights to redistribute any versions of Nmap in
F> any of their products, including (without limitation) OpenLinux,
F> OpenServer, and UNIXWare.

F> Does anyone here know whether SCO/Caldera actually DOES redistribute
F> Nmap in OpenLinux, any of their other products, their web/ftp
F> distribution sites, or elsewhere?

F> Thanks,
F> Fyodor

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