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SCO suspends, Gartner warns

Posted May 15, 2003 5:29 UTC (Thu) by eru (subscriber, #2753)
In reply to: SCO suspends, Gartner warns by tjc
Parent article: SCO suspends, Gartner warns

> It's hard to know what they're claiming to own, since they won't actually tell anyone...

I wonder if it would be possible and sensible for some of the most affected stakeholders (like Red Hat and SuSE) to sue SCO in order to find out? These companies could credibly claim to be harmed by SCO allegations, and request the court to make SCO either prove its claims, or shut up.
A bit like the security researcher (forgot the name) who wanted a court to rule if publishing his research was infringing the DMCA.

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Posted May 15, 2003 16:41 UTC (Thu) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]

Given the circumstances, yes, I would say that RedHat et al, and even IBM, were possible candidates for an Emergency Injunction, but it's questionable whether they'd get it.

A shame, really.

The surest way to make this go away, as Darl "God will roast their kernels in hell" McBride is no doubt aware, is for IBM to simply buy SCO, which they could almost certainly do out of pocket change. Is the GPL test case worth the hassle? Likely not; the issues are too muddy for my taste.

But maybe it's just me.

So many things are just me.