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SCO going after BSD next

SCO going after BSD next

Posted Aug 7, 2003 13:42 UTC (Thu) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458)
In reply to: The SCO tax by smoogen
Parent article: The SCO tax

I don't think they can easily, BSD was detoxified way back, and the outcome of the USL vs BSDI lawsuit should shield them (BSD might countersue for the pirating of UCB code...). OTOH, they surely will find "similar streches of code" again...


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SCO going after BSD next

Posted Aug 8, 2003 2:32 UTC (Fri) by pimlott (guest, #1535) [Link]

It was before my time, but it's my understanding that this suit was settled out of court, and the settlement terms were never disclosed. So I think the door may be open to suits by other parties.

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