[Linux-aus] SCO suspends it's Linux distribution

[Jon maddog Hall]

SCO's current suit is based on code getting into Linux that arrived AFTER
all the AT&T hubbub.  Their claim is that "unprofessional programmers"
did not check the sources of their code, and therefore there are pieces of
code that arrived (through the kernel and the libraries) that belong to SCO.

Whether this is true or not does not stop a suit from happening.

Trust me, if the BSDs were seen as likely to snuff out the commercial AT&T
code stream and royalties, then SCO would be suing BSD just to see what they
could get out of it, whether or not there was any legal relevance.

Here in the USA, you sue first, and ask questions later.

md
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