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Listen to RMS	by: DaBlade
In the interview on http://kerneltrap.org/node/4484 (which is linked to on the front page here on linux.org), He's got some great points here... Richard M. Stallman says this: SCO: JA: How do you react to SCO's recent accusations about the Linux kernel? Richard Stallman: The vague and cagey nature of their statements, coupled with having seen that the only specific facts they produced proved to be false, suggests they have no real case. JA: What impact do you expect this to have on free software? Richard Stallman: I don't expect it to have a big impact because I don't think they have a case. They're trying to create FUD and they may scare some timid people off. JA: Do you expect this to bring the GPL into the courtroom? Richard Stallman: I don't know. JA: Is that a concern for you? Richard Stallman: We think the GPL will stand up in court, but no wise person is eager to get into a battle, even if he thinks he's well enough armed that he'd probably win. The arguments that SCO have been making are so laughably absurd that they lend support to the idea that SCO has no real case, that they're only interested in creating FUD. JA: To what end? Richard Stallman: They hope some companies will pay them money, and Microsoft already did. To people who know almost nothing about copyright law, anything sounds as plausible as anything else. When they hear what SCO says, they don't know how ridiculous it is. So they think, "SCO says this, IBM says that, how do I know who's right?" JA: What's in store for the GNU General Public License (GPL)? Are there plans for a version 3? Richard Stallman: Yes, but we are not really sure what will change. What we can say is that the changes will be detail