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SCO and Software Liability: What To Consider

Posted by timothy on from the fret-productively dept.

mristau writes "I wrote my senior thesis on the problems of software liability in the context of both proprietary and open source software development. I used the SCO v. IBM issues as a basis for further hypothetical analysis. The work provides sufficient technical background for a general audience. I'm not a legal scholar so my analysis isn't perfect, but the issues are relevant to us all."

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  1. Re:Mirror? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There's some sort of modern poetry in the fact that you can't browse an educational site for information, although you can see it linked from the timehole that is /.

    Perhaps in haiku form. Anyone?

  2. I'm not exploting the SCO FUD! Honest! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    So when will your new company selling Linux insurance start competing with Perens, Jones and McBride?

  3. Re:Mirror? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Maybe it is assumed to be an adult site because a female name is part of the url. Censor-ware has done dumber things.