Re: Text of SCO's complaint

Simon Cozens wrote:
> Ben Laurie:
> 
>>Did you read it? It seems quite clear that they are specifically 
>>alleging that open sourcing printer drivers (91) and the journaling 
>>filesystem (92) are examples of infringement.
> 
> 
> That much seems clear - IBM had a bunch of AIX goodies which they released
> for Linux, and if those AIX goodies really belong to SCO, then SCO have a very
> good case for the IP theft bit.
> 
> The bit that they're going to have fun proving is that Linux was destined to
> obscurity without IBM coming in and giving away this code.

Right - seems to me that's a strategy to increase the damages. One that 
could backfire in a big way, since demonstrating it wasn't might also 
convince a judge that printer drivers and journaling filesystems would 
have happened anyway.

Cheers,

Ben.

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