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SCO Adds Copyright Claim to IBM Suit
An anonymous reader writes "News.com.com reports that the SCO Group has significantly widened its Unix and Linux lawsuit against IBM,
adding a copyright infringement claim to the already complicated case." There's also another story discussing the copyright claims.
It was the same with DeCSS, it will be the same here. Everyone thinks they know what the result will be because they can't imagine the other side will pull something out of their hat, and they all have their own opinion about how the law should work.
SCO's comments in the media are not SCO's legal case. That's another matter entirely, and one that has been considerably more carefully orchestrated. They know they have a pretty strong case against IBM. We just don't know what it is yet.
I don't think we ought to be pissed off at SCO.
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The root of the problem is Darl's crack habit. Never has the war on drugs been so needed
I'm amazing. You aren't. SUCK IT
What's stopping Linux vendors from providing some sort of protection to their clients from IP issues in Linux and the associated software with it? This could be achieved by agreeing to pay legal fees for any client sued over software included with their Linux distribution, including the kernel. Also, it would be necessary for the vendors to pay any licensing fees demanded of their clients over IP issues. While it's easy to say this isn't necessary because SCO has little case against Linux, there's no way to know that someone else doesn't have a legitimate claim about IP being improperly in the kernel or software distributed with Linux. It seems like this "insurance policy" would go a long way toward counteracting SCO's FUD and would reassure clients that they can implement and use Linux without fear. Are the Linux vendors just being niggardly, and don't want to pay any fees that might be demanded from their clients, or is there a more legitimate reason for not providing protection to their clients from IP disputes?
Help me. I've been modbombed by a few people with entirely too much time on their hands.
Just a tiny question here, but I run SCO Countdown, and according to what ,A HREF="http://www.linuxworld.com/story/38045.htm">d ocuments I have, the deadline for SCO to sue another Linux user is fast approaching. Problem is, I have just received a question on the feedback form wondering whether the 90 day countdown ends on February 16 or 17. Currently, it ends on the 17, but I'd thought I'd get an educated person's opinion on this. Thanks.
Also, just wanted to insert a small poll here. I have noticed that SCOlawsuit.com website is kind of (-1, Redundant) with people like PJ and everyone else covering the SCO case far better than I can, so I wanted to put out a quick poll: since really the important things that I own are the domain names (scoletters.com, scoletter.com, scofile.com, scofiles.com, scoreport.com, scoreport.com, scolawsuit.com) would it be beneficial it I pointed one or two of these domain names to another site? Thanks.
EVERY DAMN DAY THERE IS AN ARTICLE ABOUT SCO.....WHAT THE HELL IS SCO?!?!?!??! i thought geeks liked SCO, but now i hear they hate them? What's the deal...I'm geeky, i need to know...thanks!