SCO CAN win "SCO vs Linux" case. Seriously. [LWN.net]

SCO CAN win "SCO vs Linux" case. Seriously.

Posted Jul 4, 2003 20:24 UTC (Fri) by dwalters (subscriber, #4207)
Parent article: SCO can not win "SCO vs Linux" case. Seriously.

If this nightmare scenario (a court judgement prohibiting Linux distribution) were to come to pass (a big if, IMHO), then SCO CAN win "SCO vs Linux" case. Seriously.

Quoting from the letter:

"2. SCO forbids everyone to distribute linux without SCO's license and
thus makes linux UNDISTRIBUTABLE IS US FOR ALL INCLUDING SCO ITSELF!"

How is this NOT a win for SCO? SCO is already out of the Linux business for good (who's going to want to buy Linux from them in future, even if they could?). If Linux becomes undistributable, then they've removed a competitor overnight (perhaps AIX too, another big competitor), leaving enterprises with a choice of Solaris or SCO Unix (or Windows on Intel).

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Hardly a "win".

Posted Jul 12, 2003 10:27 UTC (Sat) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

Just few days after that all code will be removed and you'll get your freenix (or whatever) freely distributable and SCO out of loop completely (ok, SCO probably will be able to distribute freenix as well but who'll but it from them?).