Novell challenges SCO's Unix claims (CBS MarketWatch)

Posted May 31, 2003 16:43 UTC (Sat) by jdthood (guest, #4157)
In reply to: Novell challenges SCO's Unix claims (CBS MarketWatch) by FarcePest
Parent article: Novell challenges SCO's Unix claims (CBS MarketWatch)

> I would think it would be very difficult to win a
> patent infringment suit against Linus, since Linux
> has been around for about a dozen years. Surely
> there's some statute of limitations for filing such
> as suit which has expired, and SCO can't pretend to
> be ignorant of Linux during that period. [...]

Do you know this or are you just expressing an uninformed
opinion?

> Of course the whole thing is ridiculous anyway.

People like Bruce Perens who have looked into these matters
think that software patents in general present a serious
threat to free software. Ridicule SPs all you want; but
when someone finally does sue Linus it won't be a laughing
matter.