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This is great news!
SCO's case is so filled with bad facts that they will poison the legal waters royally with this case and propel Linux and other free software products to heights otherwise unattainable. SCO is doing for Linux what Linux supporters could never imagine. They are giving Linux credibility and their case is so screwed up that the outcome will insure that Linux will be safe from further challenges into the forseeable future.

Under US Copyright law the copyright owner CONTROLS the software and can license it any way he sees fit. The GPL is just another license like Microsoft's EULA. A declaration that the GPL is invalid will also invalidate Microsoft's EULA and subject the whole software industry to a legal upheaval and a firestorm of litigation as the current longstanding order is overturned. And as one lawyer points out in the article, invalidating the GPL will subject SCO themselves to prosecution for mass copyright violations.

The end result is:

1) SCO loses and its the end of SCO. Countersuits and shareholder lawsuits abound.

or

2) SCO wins and its the end of SCO. Copyright and shareholder lawsuits abound.

Either way they lose, thats how desperate they are. They are committing corporate suicide while at the same time stroking money from the pockets of their shareholders.
Posted by: George Mitchell   Posted on: 10/28/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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SCO.....becoming less of an entity  ONEstar | 10/28/03
Is SCO stupid or insane?  solprovider | 10/29/03
Use Windows at home  markj44 | 11/04/03
General Public License  decourl | 10/28/03
You are incorrect  Robert Crocker | 10/28/03
Story is still incorrect  decourl | 10/28/03
that's why it pays  lmaxwell | 10/28/03
LOL - another m$ blunder  stephen732@... | 10/28/03
Ah, the missed details...  John Le'Brecage | 10/28/03
Why settle for just snippets?  Robert Crocker | 10/29/03
More misconceptions  escoles@... | 10/29/03
You're seriously confused  gath | 10/29/03
Oh, yeah?  Yen_z | 10/29/03
Why you you code for GPL?  IT_User | 10/29/03
Your crazy... and these message boards really suck  FreeBSD | 10/29/03
Am I required to publish my modifications?  csk_1975 | 10/28/03
Point well taken  decourl | 10/28/03
Distribute source code upon request  dscherf | 10/29/03
Depends on what you mean...  jmoconnor | 10/28/03
Sweet (and these new talkbacks suck)  Patrick Jones | 10/29/03
GPL is easy to read !  mgalle | 10/29/03
Come on SCO, we support you!  pa2004 | 10/29/03
Say what!?!  Laff | 10/29/03
Nice to know...  IT_User | 10/29/03
I see a different issue with GPL  screaming silence | 10/29/03
Re: I see a different issue with GPL  Chris Moller | 10/29/03
Is this a loophole or a GPL violation?  screaming silence | 10/29/03
Re: Is this a loophole or a GPL violation?  Chris Moller | 10/29/03
Programs without a purpose?  in-DUH-vidual | 10/29/03
Unlikely to arrise, I'd guess  dw@... | 10/29/03
It's already happening  screaming silence | 10/29/03
RHEL - You're way off base  TechnoGypsy | 10/29/03
Hmmm...  screaming silence | 10/29/03
Re: Hmmm...  rhavyn | 10/29/03
Pass on legal guidance, but....  Dr.C | 10/29/03
Misprint.  gulic | 10/28/03
Unbelieveably desperate  zd-spam | 10/28/03
This is great news!  George Mitchell | 10/28/03
No-research - ignorant ZDNet reporter strikes again  Robert Hahn | 10/28/03
But interesting ... Samba example  Fred Fredrickson | 10/28/03
Two Samba issues  Robert Crocker | 10/29/03
SCO Legal Moves  Chad_z | 10/28/03
When will SCO give it up? . . Don't they know nobody is listening any more?  Plain Logic | 10/28/03
Re: When will SCO give it up?  Chris Moller | 10/29/03
Flailing in the 'net  bidemytime | 10/28/03
Balderdash.  Rednoise | 10/28/03
good article; bad title  error27@... | 10/28/03
morals -- lol  blahblahblah | 10/29/03
SCO: "GPL Violates laws of gravity"  dw@... | 10/29/03
Ok, do they REALLY expect to have customers?  BitTwiddler | 10/29/03
customers  blahblahblah | 10/29/03
Let's just say...  BitTwiddler | 10/29/03
Would otherlicenses then get overturned?  Robert Crocker | 10/29/03
The really intersting questions...  escoles@... | 10/29/03
Don't be so sure...  BitTwiddler | 10/29/03
Re your post  none none | 10/29/03
Man, these new Talkbacks stink!!  none none | 10/29/03
ZDNet, you suck...  none none | 10/29/03
GPL and EULA  dkwiatkowski@... | 10/29/03
EULA worse than GPL  rgriffith64@... | 10/29/03
Very interesting even if completely useless.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/29/03
What version of the US constitution .....  Terfenol_D | 10/29/03
Not the same version the US Army is reading...  dw@... | 10/29/03
LAND WARRIOR Article  MarcB_z | 10/29/03
ERROR  Update victim | 10/29/03
A sign of weakness  voska | 10/29/03
What If This Forces Software Licensing Legislation  andyhayes1 | 10/29/03
Your crazy..  FreeBSD | 10/29/03
Does anybody know .....  Dr.C | 10/29/03
Legitimate concern  pschroeder@... | 10/29/03
You're right  IT_User | 10/29/03
Market  pschroeder@... | 10/29/03
The GPL violates the constitution?!  HypnoToad | 10/29/03
Enough windmills to tilt at  rbethell | 10/29/03
SCO's Real Goal  BanjoPaterson | 10/29/03
Could SCO....  KMAG | 10/29/03
SCO and Microsoft... winning big by losing big  Knorthern Knight | 10/29/03
'SCO offered no details in its court filing,'  jgmsys@... | 10/29/03
SCO, is not the only game in town.  netalff@... | 10/29/03
Good Question...  John Zern | 10/29/03
sell sell sell   afterbrnr | 11/04/03
The GPL virus  markj44 | 11/04/03
Many big companies violate the GPL  markj44 | 11/04/03
It really doesn't matter what people think  markj44 | 11/04/03
what do you mean - untested  wessonjoe | 09/16/04

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