SCO vs. IBM Trial Back On Again

D___Breath writes "The lawsuit SCO started years ago against IBM (but really against Linux) is back on again. SCO first filed this clue-challenged lawsuit in March 2003. SCO claimed Linux was contaminated with code IBM stole from UNIX and that it was impossible to remove the infringement. Therefore, said SCO, all Linux users owe SCO a license fee of $1399 per cpu — but since SCO are such great guys, for a limited time, you can pay only $699 per CPU for your dirty, infringing copy of Linux. Of course, Novell claimed and later proved in court that SCO doesn't even own the copyrights on UNIX that it is suing over. IBM claims there is no infringing code in Linux. SCO never provided evidence of the massive infringement it claimed existed. The court ordered SCO three times to produce its evidence, twice extending the deadline, until it set a 'final' deadline of Dec 22, 2005 — which came and went — with SCO producing nothing but a lot of hand waving. In the meantime, SCO filed for bankruptcy protection in September 2007 because it was being beaten up in court so badly with the court going against SCO."

Comments

Apparently

[DarthVain]

nuking from orbit IS the only way to be sure...

Re:Apparently

[jythie]

A few square kilometers of Utah is a small price to pay....

Re:Apparently

[SydShamino]

Better hit all of Delaware. It's the only way to be sure.

Re:Apparently

[Compaqt]

Hey, can we get the guy that posts the long "why your solution to spam won't work" thing in response to antispam proposals to think one up for "why SCO won't die this time"?

Re:Apparently

[mcrbids]

A sufficiently massive chunk of iron at sufficient velocity will get the job done.

To be fair, a sufficiently massive chunk of ice cream at sufficient velocity would be just as effective.

Re:Apparently

[frost_knight]

Plant some Roundup Ready corn around their building and send Monsanto after them.

Hollywood lied to me

[Anonymous Coward]

Clearly, Zombies are *incredibly* hard to kill.

Re:Hollywood lied to me

[Chrisq]

This is getting past the "scarer" plot when you think the monster is dead but it gets up again. Its like the B movie when it has happened so many times you have passed the scared point, the laughing point and just wish the bloody thing would finish so you can go home.

Re:Hollywood lied to me

[Guy Harris]

I'm just waiting for the bots to start commenting on the movie....

a sign of the apocalypse?

[sammy baby]

I suppose this was unavoidable once Duke Nukem Forever went gold...

Re:Statute of limitations

[SJHillman]

At this point, if I were IBM I would be looking into hiring mercenaries to eliminate the problem. The courts might even chip in to help.

uh-oh

[demonbug]

I better go pay my $699 per CPU fee, because clearly Zombie SCO cannot be stopped.

Re:Who's paying SCO's lawyers?

[atouk]

It's probobly a group of ex Righthaven lawyers with some free time doing pro bono work to stay sharp.

Re:Statute of limitations

[MachDelta]

Buy me or i'll gnaw your legs off?
Er, toe?
Maybe nibble on the nail bed a bit?

Re:Statute of limitations

[jythie]

I think at this point a 'reasonable offer' would be a bag of corn nuts. At least then their VC parters would get a snack out of the deal.

Already in progress

[K. S. Kyosuke]

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See, Slashdot? That happens when you don't pay for your licenses!

Three things will survive the Apocalypse:

[Anonymous Coward]

1) Cockroaches
2) Keith Richards
3) The SCO case.

SCO trading at 2 cents

[tekrat]

And that's up 21% from yesterday's close. This looks like a pump and dump so they can afford lunch.