OT: Novell Is Not SCO

[Kurt Wall]

On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 02:02:17PM -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 14:47 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> > 
> > But my point is that _if_ the Novell agreement is necessary
> > for distribution, then GPL distribution is already illegal
> > for everybody, not just Novell.
> ----
> of course your point relies upon presumptive guilt...which as I
> understand it is part and parcel of a Catholic upbringing but clearly at
> odds with the expectations of open source software users.

Was the anti-Catholic crack really necessary? And, FTR, even among 
Christians, Catholics hardly have a lock on guilt.

You are, of course, correct in the main point: the assumption in the 
original comment that distribution of _something_ violates some patent.

Kurt
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