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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. Not quite by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, when SCO stock hit $7.18, a bunch of them actually bought SCO stock. Not sure the "pump and dump" thing is playing out. Honestly, I think they are all just spoiled kiddies.

    --
    "Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
  2. Re:Okay, all together now... by NineNine · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Yawn".

    You obviously don't own a business that supports you and your family. If you did, you wouldn't take this so flippantly. SCO could care less if you're running you l33t gamerz box on Linux, so you have nothing to worry about. It definitely concerns those of us whose livelihoods depend on our computers.

  3. Re:Okay, all together now... by cev · · Score: 5, Informative

    Previous reply was pretty much correct. When playing eight ball, the goal is to sink all of one's balls, then make the eight ball to win. If you are in an impossible position (i.e. you can't make any of your own balls), the best strategy is to "hide the 8-ball" so that your opponent can't win either.

    However, there is no "stalemate" in pool, so your goal in hiding the eight-ball is to allow you (or force your opponent) to move your balls into better positions so that you might win.

    Perfect analogy.

    CV

  4. Re:when will we see proof? by FroBugg · · Score: 4, Informative

    Exactly.

    If the ideas in your software are original enough that you need to worry about them being copied, then you should apply for a patent.