> The issue is that statically linked libraries taken from a Digital UNIX
> machine to a Linux (Alpha) machine are using licensed code on an unlicensed
> system. EOD
>
> [...]
>
> Linus and select others have not broken the law (to this point), since the
> machines they have also have a Digital UNIX (a.k.a. DEC OSF/1) license.
> They are "covered".
Before this morning I would have said, "Then the answer is to also
purchase a copy of DEC Unix". This morning, I found out the price of DEC
Unix.
For those interested, the vendor I spoke to was willing to sell me
a copy for $3500, and tells me that it's DEC's pricing not his. It's
probable that most others on the newsgroup know this, but just for those
who didn't (like me, as of yesterday).