This fight is important.
Posted Nov 19, 2003 20:07 UTC (Wed) by
jre (guest, #2807)
In reply to:
Interview: SCO's Darl McBride and Chris Sontag (CRN) by janpla
Parent article:
Interview: SCO's Darl McBride and Chris Sontag (CRN)
It is intellectually lazy to say that SCO may win in the "absurd and corrupt American court system, but so what?"
Does it make a difference whether or not SCO has a valid legal argument, and whether or not SCO's case will be tried fairly in the US courts? You bet it does!
We rely on the fundamental integrity of the courts for our protection. That is why Richard Stallman created the GPL in the first place, and why the FSF spends so much time defending it. If we just cynically say "Oh, well, the American courts are absurd and corrupt, so it doesn't make any difference what happens there" we throw away any hope of creating something enduring.
If the American courts are truly absurd and corrupt, then what are the consequences?
a) It does not matter whether SCO is right or wrong.
b) Eben Moglen's reasoned defense of the GPL was an empty exercise, and
c) The folks at Groklaw are wasting their time.
I, for one, do not believe any of the above are true.
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