IBM Files For Declaratory Judgement In SCO Case

Some Bitch writes "IBM has filed for declaratory judgement in the SCO case. They want the court to declare that "IBM does not infringe, induce the infringement of or contribute to the infringement of any SCO copyright through its Linux activities, including its use, reproduction and improvement of Linux, and that some or all of SCO's purported copyrights in Unix are invalid and unenforceable.". If the judge grants the motion then SCO effectively has no case and the whole thing is over." spafbnerf notes that "SCO has filed a motion for the patent infringement claim to be split into a separate case." fr0z adds a link to Groklaw's always-excellent coverage.

Comments

Everything from 'If' to 'then' is unneeded.

[Jameth]

"If the judge grants the motion then SCO effectively has no case"

Everything from 'If' to 'then' is unneeded.

To paraphrase MAD.

[Galileo430]

I'll catch you next time TORVALDS!!!

Next Up: SCO vs US Government

Re:...and the whole thing is over!?

[orthogonal]

SCO is like Vader. What do we do once he's gone. Now granted, SCO is no where near as cool and powerful as Vader but they are our mortal enemy. And we both use a power like the force. Called the net.

And Darl McBride is Linus Torvald's real father?

Richard Stallman is Yoda?

In your SCO-is-Vader cosmology, who's Jar Jar Binks?

Re:...and the whole thing is over!?

[Pensacola Tiger]

Jar Jar Binks = Steve Ballmer?

Re:...and the whole thing is over!?

[Asprin]

Let's examine the facts, shall we:

1. He's goofy...
2. barely intelligible...
3. clearly from another planet...
4. he's on the side with the good guys by default (nobody else wanted him)...
5. 
   and
   
   
6. his power is entirely political and was gained solely by association with other people who actually know what they are doing.

Jar Jar == Larry Ellison.

[*rimshot*]

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