[Fsf-friends] SCO evidence

Amol Hatwar rollacosta@phreaker.net
Mon Jun 9 09:10:43 IST 2003


Seems that SCO has given evidence to analysts at the Aberdeen Group;
some 80 lines of it. More details here:
http://eet.com/sys/news/OEG20030606S0039

As of now, I think SCO's making a mountain out of a mole-hill. But then
here is one concern presented in the article:

<i>If SCO (Lindon, Utah) prevails in its legal efforts, many observers
believe the action could, at best, result in hundreds of
multimillion-dollar licensing payments from Fortune 1000 companies and,
at worst, damage the foundation of open-source software.</i>

Well, I knew OSS was based on wrong principles--kind of a leg-in-leg,
but this will certainly raise questions on the immunity of Free Software
from such claims. Any expert opinions here?

Amol Hatwar.





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