I apologize if this has been addressed before;
recently
I read an article in Forbes which discussed how SCO
was going after companies that have been using Linux.
The article made the point that the ideas behind GPL
are under attack precisely because no one is making
sure
that the code being put into the freely avail.
packages
isn't owned by someone else.
Here's my question: Is R vulnerable in any way to the
sorts of lawsuits that SCO is bringing against the
Linux community?
Thanks in advance,
Greg
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On Thu, 27 May 2004, Greg Tarpinian wrote:> I apologize if this has been addressed before; > recently > I read an article in Forbes which discussed how SCO > was going after companies that have been using Linux. > The article made the point that the ideas behind GPL > are under attack precisely because no one is making > sure > that the code being put into the freely avail. > packages > isn't owned by someone else. > > Here's my question: Is R vulnerable in any way to the > sorts of lawsuits that SCO is bringing against the > Linux community?No - and neither is anybody else. http://opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html#ftn.id2756929 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu
On 27 May 2004 at 12:53, Greg Tarpinian <sasprog474 at yahoo.com> wrote:> Here's my question: Is R vulnerable in any way to the > sorts of lawsuits that SCO is bringing against the > Linux community?Everyone is vulnerable at all times to the threat of lawsuits. I could sue right now for asking too long a question. The important question is, would I be likely to win? And until that question is answered in the SCO/Linux case, it is difficult to answer that question about anything else. James -- James P. Howard, II -- howardjp at vocito.com http://www.jameshoward.us/ -- 202-390-4933
I am not a Lawyer but...
Check www.groklaw.net for much more info on the SCO/Linux issues, SCO seems
to be confused about what it owns and what is actually in Linux, personally
I doubt SCO has any chance what-so-ever in being able to prove anything that
it has claimed in it's lawsuits and in public.
In most cases Copyright issues are dealt with in a remove code now or else
fashion, so an issue with a specific module would not bring the whole
project to it's knees.
I'm a bit over my head hear, but my understanding is that R is a derivative
of S and is fully endorsed by the S group(I can not find any references at
the moment, but I believe that there is information on this somewhere with
in the R web site).
Mark.
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From: Greg Tarpinian [mailto:sasprog474@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:54 PM
To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] SCO & R
I apologize if this has been addressed before;
recently
I read an article in Forbes which discussed how SCO
was going after companies that have been using Linux.
The article made the point that the ideas behind GPL
are under attack precisely because no one is making
sure
that the code being put into the freely avail.
packages
isn't owned by someone else.
Here's my question: Is R vulnerable in any way to the
sorts of lawsuits that SCO is bringing against the
Linux community?
Thanks in advance,
Greg
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On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 12:53:46PM -0700, Greg Tarpinian wrote: ...> recently > I read an article in Forbes which discussed how SCO > was going after companies that have been using Linux.It couldn't have been that recent; SCO dropped the most Linux- relevant portions of its lawsuit back in January. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040206175445975 Further, SCO is under investigation for racketeering in Australia. The "pay us money, because we own Unix" letters may be a form of illegal shakedown in Oz. Cheers Jason -- Indigo Industrial Controls Ltd. http://www.indigoindustrial.co.nz 64-21-343-545 jasont at indigoindustrial.co.nz
SCO is grasping for straws. and is now gasping. vexatious lawsuits will only drive so far before puttering out. eventually the curtain gets pulled back on glorified attempts at racketeering. cheers. Message: 76 Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 21:08:12 -0500 From: Deepayan Sarkar <deepayan at stat.wisc.edu> Subject: Re: [R] SCO & R To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Message-ID: <200405272108.12664.deepayan at stat.wisc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On Thursday 27 May 2004 20:18, Greg Tarpinian wrote:> Actually, it was very recent. I pulled the electronic version of the > article from the Forbes website:I would think twice before taking forbes articles too seriously. For instance, they seem to think that protecting intellectual property rights are all right when it's some big commercial company doing the protecting, but not when they are on the other side of the table. See this article from last year: http://www.forbes.com/2003/10/14/cz_dl_1014linksys.html