Linus Torvalds on SCO's latest claims [LWN.net]

Linus Torvalds on SCO's latest claims

Posted Dec 23, 2003 0:45 UTC (Tue) by bojan (subscriber, #14302)
In reply to: Linus Torvalds on SCO's latest claims by Halmonster
Parent article: Linus Torvalds on SCO's latest claims

You are right, but you're also giving SCO too much credit, IMHO. They have released some of their own versions of Unix under a BSD-style licence. Also, the settlement between UCB and USL clearly allowed for BSD to be distributed under BSD licence.

Remember when SCO folks claimed that all the "infringements" had nothing to do with BSD code? Now it turns out (as before) that they do. One would have to ask why exactly is that? My bet is this - there is not real evidence, so they have to come up with this.

And that doesn't even begin to describe the very desperate position SCO is in:

1. Novell renewed their Unix copyright claims.
2. IBM is calmly proceeding with their defence.
3. Red Hat is waiting in the wings to collect on their lawsuit.
4. IBM's patent lawsuit is still pending.
5. SCO are burning bridges with everyone way too fast.

In any event, it is fun to watch :-)

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