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.

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Re:SCO, IBM, and my employer

[AftanGustur]

I'm an attorney in a medium size corporation.

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These are intelligent, wealthy people, and they did not get that way by filing groundless lawsuits.

-o-

Somehow I doubt you are an attorney, or that you have much real-world experience.

In business environment, the most important part is if the lawsuit fits whatever agenda it's filers have and it's mostly about politics.