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"Rather than defend the 'don't ask, don't tell' Linux intellectual property policy that caused the SCO v IBM case, the Open Source community should focus on customers' needs."
Erm... I thought we were...
Apparently, not content with going after IBM, $CO have now set their sights on SGI. Haven't they learnt anything from history? A war fought on two fronts stands very little chance of succeeding.
Not that they had any chance of winning even if they'd just focused on IBM...
I think I read that SCO only own the rights to licence Unix V and that IBM sold them that right as long as IBM was granted a perpetual licence. SGI, I remember reading, also own part of Unix (I forget which part).
Since there are so many fingers in the pie I think that SCO has no chance of getting it's slice!
Originally posted by Mathieu Isn't it a war on three fronts ? ... IBM, Novell and SGI
I think SCO is also going after Novell.
Yes, you are quite right, $CO has dismissed Novell's claims that their software was free of disputed code and are pursuing a case against them too. They truly are a bunch of morons.
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