[NBLUG/talk] SCO: "legal liability for the use of Linux"

[ME]

One benefit:
If MS starts a lawsuit against Linux Distributors, or tries to impose
licensing (by claiming ownership of patents/copyright/etc) then their
paper tiger offering of Linux as competition in the Desktop world is lost.
Proof of monopoly could be made easier.

Will the FTC permit MS to buy SCO/Rights to *NIX src? Maybe they will
block such a sale?

-ME

> And more...
>
> "SCO told Linux users on Wednesday that they may find themselves in the
> crosshairs for using the open source operating system, sending letters to
> some 15,000 corporations warning that "Linux is an unauthorized derivative
> of Unix and that legal liability for the use of Linux may extend to
> commercial users."
>
> http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/2207791
>
> Please make this go away,
>
> Edward
>
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