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Re: nmap licensing claims



On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 10:43:40AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote:
> * Birzan George Cristian (gcbirzan@wolfheart.ro) [040305 20:55]:
> > First of all, I would like to ask you to Cc: me to replies, as I am not
> > subscribed to the list. Thanks in advance!
> > 
> > Now, the reason I'm posting here is I've noticed the following claim
> > made by nmap developers [1]:
> > 
> >  in accordance with section 4 of the GPL, we hereby terminate SCO's
> >  rights to redistribute any versions of Nmap in any of their products,
> >  including (without limitation) OpenLinux, Skunkware, OpenServer, and
> >  UNIXWare."
> > 
> > IANAL, but I see two issues with this.
> 
> Well, don't worry about that statement. It's either a policial
> statement (also known as FUD)

Only *false* statements can be FUD. This one is both political and true.

(Doesn't affect the license though, it's just a reflection on how
copyright works)

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