Is this lawsuit still going on?
:D :D :D :D
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Is this lawsuit still going on?
:D :D :D :D
Hehehe, <3 UserFriendly.:)
This is a reference to the recent threat from M$FT that various FOSS projects infringe in its patents, something like 235 of them, I think they are saying. According to M$FT, 42 of its patents are infringed upon by the current linux kernel alone. Other patents are infringed upon (they claim) by stuff like Gnome, KDE and OpenOffice.
There's been a lot on this in the last few days on sites like slashdot and digg. The general consensus is that it just a bunch of sabre-rattling FUD, and that none of these patents would really hold up in court. What's worrisome however is that M$FT is known to cause a lot of damage through their FUD alone. Damn them.
Don't know if this has been posted, but.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YExl9ojclo
It would probabally take less than two months for a stable rewrite and several better ones to be in the making. the linux community wouldn't keel over and die from a small percent of the kernal being deleted, we would rewrite and update.Quote:
Originally Posted by je_fro
Also, there is no way that the open source community could infringe on the code of MS, because we have no access to it to be able to copy it.
Man I wrote that over 4 years ago when the FUD train was just getting rolling....I can't believe its taken so long and we're STILL nowhere near the end...
Thanks for the information.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?s...00610161411160
*whew*
Looks like the fat lady is about to sing :)
I can't believe I started this thread 7 years ago!
What a wild ride it has been.
That's the best news I've read all day! I'd better finish setting up that ol' surround sound to listen to the aforementioned lady. :)
Just die already SCO nobody cares about this company anymore anyways :D. Unless your an idiot
I am always cautiously optimistic whenever I hear that SCO has lost and the case is finally over. I have heard this same thing like 3 times in the past -- it just seems like every time they lose they appeal and somehow keep things going. I really don't understand how they have any money left (and I wish they didn't so they would just go away) but unfortunately, it looks like they still have some. And here they are again, appealing to overturn the judge's decision:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07...appeals_again/
I wonder how much longer this is going to last before the madness finally ends.