[plug] More on the SCO issue....with a bit of humour

[Chris Caston]

On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 01:18, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > Basically, because SCO used to be a Linux vendor, a possible scenario is
> > that they could have inadvertedly released their IP as free software. If
> > this holds up in court it would be very funny indeed :)
> 
> 
> For SCO, yeah. But just imagine how badly it'll spook companies 
> considering OSS with regards to their products - hardware manufacturers 
> and their drivers, high-level products like CMS that might want to run 
> on an OSS DB as an options, etc.
> 
> I don't like it. No matter what actually happens in SCO's lawsuit, 
> they've already done a lot of damage, and they're looking like being the 
> mad bull elephant in the china shop...
> 
> Craig
> 
> 


That may just be the bait needed to to test the GPL in court. Let's hope
some yanky judge doesn't overrule it. 


regards,

Chris