[Luni]-understanding the Linux/SCO court case

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On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 11:36:04 -0500
ed-luni at inkdroid.org wrote:

> Well if the "drive and ability" is going to be channeled into making Dukes of 
> Hazard cartoons instead of helping defend Linux in the courtroom I have 
> serious doubts about the future.

Meah. It's silly, deserving of ridicule and not much more. 

Check ESR's position paper; best I've read on the topic so far:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/hackerlore/sco-vs-ibm.html

> Don't get me wrong, I'm in total agreement with you, but I really do think the
> importance of the lawsuit needs to get more press.

The only problem I see with the lawsuit is if it causes some uninformed PHB-type (kinda like Dvorak) to re-consider deploying Linux because of what he fears might happen with the suit. Microsoft tried to compound that fear by licensing code from SCO very recently, thus giving the appearance that SCO's cliams are legitimate. They's tricksy, they are. 

It would be unfortunate if this slowed Linux adoption in business settings, but I don't expect it to be more than a temporary drop (just until IBM's lawyers pile-drive SCO), if there is a drop at all.

$0.02

-Sten