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Open season

Open season

Posted Sep 27, 2003 5:16 UTC (Sat) by bojan (subscriber, #14302)
Parent article: IBM Files New Claims Against SCO in Linux Case (Dow Jones)

When IBM said they are going to defend themselves vigorously, that's exactly what they meant...

I have claimed that before, and it now seems to be reality, every single Linux contributor can sue SCO for copyright infringement. After all, SCO is attempting to license copyrighted work of those people under a licence they did not agree to. And that is, quite clearly, copyright infringement.

How will SCO get out of this one is anyone's guess, but I wouldn't be surprised to see other copyright holders to do the same - sue SCO for copyright infringement. I have tried to convince Australian Attorney General's Office that SCO are in breach of copyright by doing this, but they wouldn't go for it. Their response was that "it wasn't clear". Maybe now they'll listen more closely...


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