From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: grog@lemis.com (Greg 'groggy' Lehey) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:33:12 +1030 Subject: [TUHS] SCO sues IBM? In-Reply-To: <1099333580.20030311224604@subatomix.com> References: <20030310012147.GB94647@wantadilla.lemis.com> <002501c2e6b2$f8b6ec60$ed8ca140@ca.caldera.com> <671020867.20030310142100@subatomix.com> <20030310211518.GL90290@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> <1099333580.20030311224604@subatomix.com> Message-ID: <20030312050312.GU78280@wantadilla.lemis.com> On Tuesday, 11 March 2003 at 22:46:04 -0600, Jeffrey Sharp wrote: > On Monday, March 10, 2003, Peter Jeremy wrote: >> The date of the e-mail may also be a crucial issue - since IBM would >> presumably have the right to use the code after SCO changed the code to a >> BSD license. > > Does the suit involve code xor concepts? If the patents are on concepts, > then any sufficiently similar implementation might infringe upon the patent, > no matter how untainted its code is. This case has the potential to go > horribly, horribly awry if a stupid judge sits on the bench. I this subthread is off the mark. I'm personally convinced that IBM never used any licensed UNIX technology in Linux. Greg -- Finger grog at lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: not available URL: