[Gllug] More from SCO

[Davies Sue]

I think it's meant to level the playing field.  It was meant to stop
tradesmen from driving their apprentices out of town when they qualified.  I
was thinking to prevent a unix person from working on Linux could be in that
category

Sue Davies
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
Civic Centre 
Wood Lane
Dagenham
RM10 7BY
020 8227 2737



-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Jones [mailto:rich at annexia.org]
Sent: 01 May 2003 11:25
To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Gllug] More from SCO


On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 08:40:21AM +0100, Davies Sue wrote:
> Would that be restraint of trade to prohibit people who have worked on
Unix
> working on Linux?  I found a US definition that seems to cover it:
> 
> Illegally interfering with free marketplace participation. Regulated by
the
> Federal Trade Commission. 

Wow. Such a rule could be very useful in many areas. eg. Preventing
entry into a market by exploiting your monopoly.

Rich.

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