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AutoZone Responds To SCO

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the like-a-bad-soap-opera dept.

loftis writes "Groklaw is reporting that AutoZone has responded to The SCO Group's Lawsuit. Here is a link to the Groklaw community's discussion where you can find all the filings in raw form. Here is a text copy of the filing without amendments. AutoZone has pretty much said to the court, SCO has to prove 1) they own the code, and 2) that Linux infringes. Since SCO is litigating these two issues in other cases, they ought to wait until those questions are answered. Or, they say, 'If we cannot wait, we need SCO to tell us what we are infringing upon with specificity.' Since we know how SCO will answer the second question, and the court likely will too, since they amended the filings from SCO v IBM and SCO v RedHat and SCO v Novell, it seems to me (IANAL) that they should get to wait."

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  1. Isn't it obvious? by phaetonic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pep Boys is funding SCO with cash!

  2. Jesse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shouldn't they just send over Jesse and the boys to do some mods on the SCO folks?

  3. used to waiting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    have you ever gone to autozone? they keep you waiting for years before someone finally decides to help you. i think SCO saw this one coming

  4. hide-this-SCO by glassesmonkey · · Score: 5, Funny
    From AutoZone's filing:
    SCO's "hide-the-eight-ball" tactics in the IBM case leave AutoZone with little realistic belief that SCO will voluntarily identify the basis for its claims without this Court's intervention. SCO filed its Complaint against IBM more than a year ago; yet, at least as of April 18, 2004, SCO still had not provided IBM with any reasonable identification of its claims.
    I would like to play a little "hide-the-eight-ball" with.... oh, forget it, too easy.
  5. In other news... by WwWonka · · Score: 5, Funny

    After pissing off a legion of auto-philes by suing Autozone, SCO has now set their legal sights on the organizations of the NRA, the KKK, and the NY Association of the Russian Mafia for infringing on intellectual property by using Linux in their daily operations.

    1. Re:In other news... by WwWonka · · Score: 5, Funny

      How many AutoZone customers do you think have ever heard of SCO? For that matter how many do you think would care anyway?

      Ah, good point.I imagine their customers think "Linux" is some sort of disposable window cleaning towlet that keeps rain off their windshield!

  6. The Infringing Module by The_Rippa · · Score: 5, Funny

    The module SCO is talking about is the one implemented in the AutoZone system that make sure six different colors of shifter knobs are always in stock and the simple part you need for your car never is.

  7. SCO's specific claim by rewt66 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Three IPs for the Linux kings under the sky,
    Seven for IBM in their halls of stone,
    Nine for SGI doomed to die,
    One for the dark Darl on his dark throne
    In the land of Utah where the shadows lie.
    One IP to rule them all, one IP to find them,
    One IP to sue them all and in the courtrooms bind them,
    In the land of Utah where the shadows lie.

    (Yes, this has also been posted once on Groklaw. No, this isn't a karma whore - I'm the guy who posted it there. And no, I don't necessarily think that SGI is doomed to die, though things haven't been looking good for them lately...)

    1. Re:SCO's specific claim by ReverendLoki · · Score: 5, Funny

      RE: SGI, of course they're not. BSD's doomed to die, as everyone who reads /. should know by now.

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