February 4, 2004
Groklaw on McBride talk
Groklaw has a quick summary of SCO CEO Darl McBride's recent talk at Harvard.
SCO's arguments are from so far out on both legal and factual grounds the only question I have is whether they just lose their case or if there will be jail terms for any of their officers as well. As for the Linux community, SCO is a distraction, but hopefully it will also act like like an immunization made from an almost-dead virus — no real danger, but it prepares the body for a similar but more powerful attack later.
Posted by bug to Intellectual Property at February 4, 2004 1:23 PM | TrackBackActually, it probably works the other way. Too much effort facing down a simple problem, not enough for a difficult one. Fortunately, several companies with full time lawyers are now "Protectors of Linux", instead of relying on the open source community.
Annoyingly, the SCO flap has probably kept the SCO management paid for another few years. It is a logical and fiscally prudent move on SCO's part.
Posted by: Charles at February 7, 2004 9:01 PM