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How Much Would You Pay for the Linux Kernel?

Tuesday, October 12th, 2004

A recent GrokLaw story mentions an interesting occurance. Apparently Jeff V. Merkey, affiliated with the Canopy Group, which itself is a major shareholder in SCO, offered to buy a snapshot of the Linux kernel for $50,000 under a BSD license: We offer to kernel.org the sum of $50,000.00 US for ...