Summary of details of the 10 point counter-attack. IBM sure looks to pound SCO into non-existence. I for one am very happy that IBM's army of lawyers is fighting for what may become the first test of the GPL in the courts.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/08/07.html ... It also means that while Darl was shooting his mouth off, IBM was taking notes, and the majority of the other counterclaims are based on SCO spokespeople saying things to the press that IBM says were deceitful and damaging and derogatory, harming IBM's business and reputation, harming the reputation of Linux, and interfering with its potential customers, and they say their tortious conduct was and is willful and deliberate, hence they should be fined treble damages, because, they tell the court, this is an exceptional case, meriting such sanctions. They also ask the court to stop them from any further infringement of their four patents by ordering SCO to quit manufacturing or selling or distributing the infringing products listed above. So, if the court says yes, that's pretty much the end of SCO's business, both software and the licensing plan. IBM sales people, in an internal memo to them, are now being encouraged to turn people to the OSDL website to read "Questioning SCO: A Hard Look at Nebulous Claims," by Eben Moglen, General counsel of the Free Software Foundation, and to let everyone know, that as this lawsuit goes foward, "the industry will resolve it." Man, I believe them. IBM, it appears, fully intends to turn SCO into mincemeat. And dear Darl was just the man to hand them the weapons to be able to do it. And finally, a song of praise to the GPL. It's shining hour has arrived. And it is shining manfully. If you were longing for the GPL to have its day in court, you just got it. It is leading the charge. (continued in Groklaw)