The first big Linux lawsuit

The first big Linux lawsuit

Posted Mar 14, 2003 2:03 UTC (Fri) by gdt (subscriber, #6284)
In reply to: The first big Linux lawsuit by brwk
Parent article: The first big Linux lawsuit

"For me the most interesting aspect of this is not SCO lashing out at others for the loss of it's former glory, but the threat to withdraw IBM's right to sell AIX within 100 days."

Bevis, I'm Australian and not across US copyright law. But there's precedent here that a withdrawal of a copyright license must allow customers reasonable time to make migration arrangements. Given that AIX machines run complex applications that directly effect people's well-being (such as payroll, banking and social security systems) 100 days is plainly not adequate. IMHO, the adequate time period is more in the range of years.

It would be interesting to know if this detail of copyright law is similar in the USA.

Also, there's a simple contingency plan for big AIX users: sites purchase UNIX System V source code licenses directly from SCO and AIX source code licenses from IBM and continue to run their current AIX binaries whatever the outcome of the litigation.

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