Where can I find FreeBSD-related SCO lawsuit updates?

Bill Moran wmoran at potentialtech.com
Fri Jul 11 05:55:15 PDT 2003


T.M. Sommers wrote:
> Bill Moran wrote:
>  >
> 
>> I think that if SCO _wins_ the lawsuit, it will help the free software 
>> cause,
>> since the Linux project will be required to remove a few bits of code to
>> satisfy SCO's demands (thus proving that a free software project can 
>> easily
>> survive lawsuits such as this).  That will be the end of it.  Remember 
>> that
>> US law is based on precedents, and BSD has a precident set already.
> 
> The outcome of the BSD case was a settlement, which is not precedent at 
> all.  The opinion on the various motions can be precedent, but as it 
> came from a trial court, it is not binding on anyone, including other 
> trial courts.

Hmmm ... good point.  For some reason I hadn't seen that perfectly obvious
point.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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