Some time ago I meditated on the GPL heading into court. At the time, it seemed like OpenTV would be it. So far, no dice.
Now it transpires that the SCO case may be, in some opinions the one that gets GPL into court.
But is this the case that should be the one? A high profile, high stakes case? Or is freedom always high stakes?
Posted by esinclai at August 14, 2003 09:46 PM |
IMHO, they better pick a good judge. They're finished if they get one who says, "Why don't you just tell them which lines are copied so they can remove them?" The, "you've got something of mine but I'm not going to tell you what it is so I can milk you for all you're worth," bit may not pan out once they get to court.
It's also not as though IBM has been making much money on the SCO code. I've heard what people claim are the relevant parts, and they're rarely used (i.e., those sections are rarely executed). How many people have massive multi-processor Linux systems, or hardware that supports NUMA?
And then I found this article circulating, though not widely (so I'm a bit suspicious of its authenticity).
Posted by: Scott on August 15, 2003 11:51 AM