SCO responds to IBM's counterclaims

Posted Nov 6, 2003 14:21 UTC (Thu) by blane (guest, #16587)
In reply to: SCO responds to IBM's counterclaims by maxx
Parent article: SCO responds to IBM's counterclaims

Still I wonder if I can file a lawsuit against the US for violation of my intellectual property by placing it in public domain.

Funnily enough I was wondering the same thing a few days ago. It's a messy area - if we make a (big) assumption that the courts decide in SCO's favour - do they have any right to put into the public domain any code which has non-US contributors - they would then be effectively over-ruling copyright internationally (if the code is in the public domain in the US, it is effectively PD anywhere). Does any country have the right to do this? I would hope not.

SCO responds to IBM's counterclaims

Posted Nov 6, 2003 15:05 UTC (Thu) by cypherpunks (guest, #1288) [Link]

I don't mean this flippantly or facetiously: this is the US we're talking about. They have a long history of ignoring international law and violating international treaties. Whether or not they have the right to do something is separate from whether or not they will do it.