Re: OFF-TOPIC - The SCO suit

2003-11-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 10:28:00AM -0500, Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I agree that open source must win this thing, but thinking like a lawyer matters too...no need to chase false hopes or expend resources hopelessly. I'm not saying that legal rigor doesn't matter, and

Re: OFF-TOPIC - The SCO suit

2003-11-22 Thread MemphisHank
True, the potential impacts of U.S. litigation -expense- and -duration- shouldn't be ignored, if one wants to speculate re. the outcome and/or re. the interim tactical aspects of SCO v. IBM (and the IBM v. SCO counterclaims). (Those factors can be huge. I often use documentation of U.S.

Re: OFF-TOPIC - The SCO suit

2003-11-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 09:38:42AM -0800, Lawrence E. Rosen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Thursday, November 13, 2003 3:41 AM, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: Could not any of the copyright holders to the Linux Kernel sources (I understand that there are several, since Linus does not seek

RE: OFF-TOPIC - The SCO suit

2003-11-13 Thread Lawrence E. Rosen
Why would we bother? We'd be in the same court, with the same attorneys, and the same issues to resolve, as SCO/IBM are already. Does the open source community need yet another lawsuit? /Larry Rosen -Original Message- From: Mahesh T. Pai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of