At 09:44 AM 5/16/2003 -0500, you wrote: >He also cited the fact that SCO [Caldera] has released Linux themselves >under GPL, negating any claims they have on the IP it contains. Knowing >this, legally, SCO doesn't have a leg to stand on; however, we can't yet >trust the courts to understand what all this technology stuff means. It >seems to me that even still, for most judges, when technological terms >such as "kernel" and "source code" start being brought up, his eyes >glaze over until either side comes up with the most convincing non-tech >analogy that he then uses to base his opinion on.
Distributing Linux would only weaken their case if they put in the contested IP. If they didn't then having distributed a version of Linux means nothing. --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
