From: wgm@telus.net (Wm. G. McGrath)
Subject: [TUHS] SCO sues IBM?
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:33:26 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030312123326.788f4fff.wgm@telus.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030312050312.GU78280@wantadilla.lemis.com>
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:33:12 +1030
"Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog at lemis.com> wrote:
>> 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.
Unfortunately, truth and morals often don't count in court. It's
what your lawyers can prove. That's why SCO engaged David Boies.
They want to win - just like in the Microsoft case - a true
miscarriage of justice.
Much will indeed depend on the judge. There isn't a lot of precedent
to support open source and public interest software, but there is a
lot to support patent and copyright. It will be difficult for a
senior citizen (the judge) to understand computers and free
software, let alone the interaction between IBM and the community.
bill
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-12 20:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-10 1:21 Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2003-03-10 2:33 ` David C. Jenner
2003-03-10 3:28 ` Peter Jeremy
2003-03-10 20:23 ` Jeffrey Sharp
2003-03-10 3:13 ` Michael Davidson
2003-03-10 20:21 ` Jeffrey Sharp
2003-03-10 21:15 ` Peter Jeremy
2003-03-10 21:54 ` David C. Jenner
2003-03-10 23:45 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2003-03-11 0:22 ` Peter Jeremy
2003-03-11 1:14 ` Gregg C Levine
2003-03-11 1:51 ` Warren Toomey
2003-03-11 1:59 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2003-03-11 3:51 ` Warren Toomey
2003-03-11 4:11 ` Michael Davidson
2003-03-11 9:44 ` Sven Mascheck
2003-03-11 15:40 ` Gregg C Levine
2003-03-12 4:05 ` Jeffrey Sharp
2003-03-12 4:46 ` Jeffrey Sharp
2003-03-12 5:03 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2003-03-12 20:31 ` Peter Jeremy
2003-03-12 20:33 ` Wm. G. McGrath [this message]
2003-03-11 3:51 ` Wm. G. McGrath
2003-03-10 21:52 Wesley Parish
2003-03-11 5:25 Dennis Ritchie
2003-03-11 6:01 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2003-03-12 4:34 ` Jeffrey Sharp
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