Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] SCO vs. the world

[Aidan Delaney]

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On Sat 16 Aug 2003 06:14, Tom Lord wrote:
>     > From: Miles Bader <address@hidden>
>     >
>     > Remember, (1) it's copyright that's being claimed, and so as far as I
>     > know `your mind is tainted' doesn't apply,
>
> Sorry, but -- "derived work" is a slippery slope.
I don't think "derived work" is the point here.  If SCO were arguing patent 
"protection" then we couldn't rewrite NUMA without infringing on their patent 
- - thus the ideas/mind would be tainted.  The fact that they are arguing 
copyright means that the ideas of NUMA aren't "protecteded".  I also know 
that patents can't cover ideas - but they do in practice :)
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Thanks,
Aidan Delaney
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                -- Tom Lord

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