[TriLUG] O.T., but interesting (SCO Protest)

[Jon Carnes]

On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 10:58, Joseph Tate wrote:

> >>If they continue on with their past MO, then they *will* sue companies
> >>using Linux.  They don't care if they are right or wrong - only if they
> >>can get money, and they have plenty of legal talent sitting around with
> >>nothing better to do.
> >>
> I don't know where you got this from Jon?  Can you provide some 
> sources?  

Most of it is gleaned from reading the News articles on the case, but
you can get a great overview from the SCOvsIBM wiki:
  http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SCOvsIBM

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Note that the outfit calling itself "SCO" is the organizational
successor to Caldera, NOT the original Santa Cruz Operation. That
company still exists, as Tarentella. What Caldera bought was not "SCO",
the company, but "the Unix business", a mix of rights, largely "30,000
contracts, with over 6,000 entities", enabling it to trade in UnixWare.
Other rights to this product and business, including patents, copyright,
and trademarks, are held by several other parties. Clear title is
confused.
====

Also, the company (or at least the CEO) is currently involved in two
similar cases (purchased IP and then sue), and has already won (ie.
settled out of court in a previous case).

Jon