Where can I find FreeBSD-related SCO lawsuit updates?

Jonathon McKitrick jcm at FreeBSD-uk.eu.org
Thu Jul 10 07:15:21 PDT 2003


On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 09:31:25AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote:
------------8<------------------
: rules and different laws.  The question of who owns what was _settled_ with
: the BSDs and no amount of obfuscation by the media or the people who want to
: make money out of suing people (or the people allegedly behind those people
: who want to hurt the competition by suing) will change the ruling of a
: previous lawsuit.
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What about additions to the source SINCE then?

: The reality (if you actually look at the facts) is that the most likely 
: thing
: to happen is that SCO will not get anywhere with their lawsuit, thus the
: likelyhood that they'll even get around to challenging a previous ruling is
: almost non-existant.  So your "ripple effect" is more likely to help the 
: BSDs
: (by validating their previous court victories) than hurt them.

I agree.  If there is nothing SINCE then that could cause a problem, as Wes
said in his last column, the BSDs can step up to the plate as a possibly
superior option/choice.


jcm
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