What happens next

What happens next

Posted Jul 31, 2003 12:04 UTC (Thu) by Wol (guest, #4433)
In reply to: What happens next by skybunny
Parent article: SCO's new offensive

No distributor would DARE pony up to SCO.

If RH paid up, SuSE would sue and shut them down in a heartbeat, just as RH would do if the roles were reversed. In paying up, any distributor has just admitted breach of SCO copyright, and has agreed to mix Free and closed source together.

In doing so, it has just breached copyright on all linux code except that written by themselves or SCO. No distributor is big enough to ride out the following storm ...

Oh - I gather the copyright registration is NOT a publicity stunt. The works may be copyright, but apparently you do not have "standing to sue" in American courts unless it is registered. In other words, without registrations, SCO has no more right to sue than does the Public Domain. Registration is a mandatory pre-requisite to any suit...

Cheers,
Wol

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