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A corporation is not a person; things to ask the people at IBMA corporation is not a person; things to ask the people at IBMPosted Jun 19, 2003 20:22 UTC (Thu) by lilo (guest, #661)In reply to: The amended SCO complaint by ccchips Parent article: The amended SCO complaint
ccchips wrote: "We have an understanding of Karma. What goes around, comes around." It's worth reiterating: A corporation is not a person. How many people who were at IBM 30-40 years ago are still there now? Probably not many. There's a certain symmetry to corporate karma, but one hopes it has no basis in reality. There are a lot of good people at IBM today, and I think they've done a fair amount for the community, in the process of trying to do well by their employer. However, this does raise an important point. As a result of the chain of events begun by this litigation, IBM might end up with some of the intellectual property rights which form the basis for SCO's complaints. If so, the community would be well-advised to talk with IBM about the disposition of that Unix IP. We know that any corporation can change direction. Providing unrestrictive, perpetual and irrevocable licensing for Unix technology would be a nice way for IBM to demonstrate its long-term commitment to the community behind the technology it's helping to develop and market.
Rob Levin, President
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