Linus Torvalds on SCO's latest claims

Linus Torvalds on SCO's latest claims

Posted Dec 23, 2003 3:42 UTC (Tue) by link (guest, #916)
In reply to: Linus Torvalds on SCO's latest claims by karekaa
Parent article: Linus Torvalds on SCO's latest claims

This is yet another example where SCO is claiming ownership to code which is evidently NOT owned by them! They are threatening individuals and companies for using code which they own just as much as they own the texts of William Shakespeare [&hellip]

Funny you should use The Bard as an example, given there is some controversy over whether he actually wrote the plays he's credited with; the honor usually attributed to one of Christopher Marlowe, Francis Bacon, William Stanley, or Edward de Vere. :-)

Of course, it may be partially appropriate given nobody seriously suggests William Shaespeare of Stratford plagiarized any of the above; rather one of the candidates used the name as a pseudonym (a nom de guerre, possibly, in this case) for publishing their own works. The Oxfordians in particular like to suggest Lord Oxford (Edward de Vere) published under the pseudonym because he as a courtier was forbidden to publish poetry.

[Source: Google & The Shakespeare Oxford Society's “A Beginner's Guide to the Shakespeare Authorship Problem”]

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