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    Another development I just saw today: ...

    Another development I just saw today:

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/10/sco_dodges_bullte/

    :D
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    Re: What a load of CRAP!

    Details, details! You don't need a case to be able to win a lawsuit, do you? :p

    Not that they're even necessarily looking to win the suit -- they may just be looking to get bought up. Though I...
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    Yeah, yeah, whatever. ;) The main part of the...

    Yeah, yeah, whatever. ;)

    The main part of the post was supposed to be the "copyright or trademark?" question, though now that I reread it, it really doesn't sound that way. :)
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    Except for that minor little "prior art" deal. ...

    Except for that minor little "prior art" deal.

    Same thing.

    If there are already programs in existence that use these pieces of code, then you can't patent them. You're not the person who...
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    Not if you can get a good enough lawyer (and...

    Not if you can get a good enough lawyer (and actually, you probably wouldn't need a great one -- the holes in SCO's claim are gapingly large; see the OSI's position paper on the issue that I've...
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    bkinney -- in the future, please do not copy and...

    bkinney -- in the future, please do not copy and paste entire articles here. A link to the web site where the article is published is more than adequate -- we can all click on links. A summary, if...
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    El_Cu_Guy: Have you read the OSI position paper...

    El_Cu_Guy: Have you read the OSI position paper on this?

    http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html

    The lawsuit (NOT executives from SCO, the actual lawsuit) is claiming that IBM put SCO's IP...
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    Ah, but GPL-licensed software isn't in the public...

    Ah, but GPL-licensed software isn't in the public domain.

    If a piece of code is in the public domain, then anyone can do anything they want to it -- including make a derivative work that's...
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    Well, the way I read it, they have ownership of...

    Well, the way I read it, they have ownership of COFF, not ELF.

    But they're claiming that ELF is a derivative format, which might (MAYBE) screw everybody. I kinda doubt it, but if they get a dumb...
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