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OSDL Pays For Linus Torvalds' SCO Defense
geoff313 writes "
For all of you who might be worried about what financial consequences
Linus Torvalds might have to endure as a result of being subpoenaed by SCO, fear not: the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL)
will pay for its law firm to represent him.
the OSDL, who are Torvalds' employer, will announce on Friday that the
"OSDL has agreed to fund legal representation for Torvalds and any
other employees of the lab who may become involved in the litigation."
Just in case you didn't you didn't know, the OSDL is funded by a
variety of corporations including (but not limitied to) IBM, Hewlett-Packard,
Dell, Sun
Microsystems, Red Hat, Cisco, Computer
Associates, Fujitsu, Hitachi, and Nokia. "
Ummm last I heard Linus (etc) have only been subpoenaed, not charged or accused or indicted..
Why would you need a 'defense' fund for that? Giving evidence testimony doesn't require an expensive lawyer....
It only helps line some more attorneys pockets....
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