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   Is there some reason you neglected to mention that this was an =
opinion piece from bruce perens, far from an unbiased writer?  You may = as
well quote your own rantings.

Rich

  "Joe Barr"  wrote in message =
news:pan.2003.05.20.02.53.09.253465{at}austin.rr.com...
  http://news.com.com/2010-1071-1007758.html

   The real story here is the lack of substance to the SCO claims, and =
the
   increasingly remote chance that its lawyers will prevail. A similar =
case
   alleging plagiarism of Unix by an open-source operating system was
   litigated in the early '90s. AT&T sued the University of California,
   claiming that the BSD system infringed upon AT&T's copyrights.
   Eventually, the court narrowed AT&T's concerns down to only four =
source
   files, which the university simply replaced rather than argue about =
them.
   AT&T then settled the case by paying the university's court costs. =
SCO is
   not likely to do any better.


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   Is there
some reason you =
neglected to=20
mention that this was an opinion piece from bruce perens, far from an = unbiased=20
writer?  You may as well quote your own rantings.
 
Rich
 

  "Joe Barr" <warthawg{at}austin.rr.com>">mailto:warthawg{at}austin.rr.com">warthawg{at}austin.rr.com>
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  message news:pan.2003.=
05.20.02.53.09.253465{at}austin.rr.com...http://news.com.com/2" target="new">http://news.com.com/2=">http://news.com.com/2010-1071-1007758.html">http://news.com.com/2=
010-1071-1007758.html The=20
  real story here is the lack of substance to the SCO claims, and=20
  the increasingly remote chance that its lawyers will prevail. =
A=20
  similar case alleging plagiarism of Unix by an open-source =
operating=20
  system was litigated in the early '90s. AT&T sued the =
University=20
  of California, claiming that the BSD system infringed upon =
AT&T's=20
  copyrights. Eventually, the court narrowed AT&T's =
concerns down=20
  to only four source files, which the university simply =
replaced=20
  rather than argue about them. AT&T then
settled the case =
by=20
  paying the university's court costs. SCO is not likely to do =
any=20
  better.--


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