Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:55:13 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where can I find FreeBSD-related SCO lawsuit updates? Message-ID: <3F0EB3B1.30102@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <3F0E7B5D.30102@mail.ptd.net> References: <20030709125055.GA90046@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20030709193315.A494@citusc.usc.edu> <20030710123509.GA97000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3F0D6AAD.9030406@potentialtech.com> <20030710141516.GA97366@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3F0DAFDA.2050708@potentialtech.com> <3F0E7B5D.30102@mail.ptd.net>
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T.M. Sommers wrote: > Bill Moran wrote: > > > >> I think that if SCO _wins_ the lawsuit, it will help the free software >> cause, >> since the Linux project will be required to remove a few bits of code to >> satisfy SCO's demands (thus proving that a free software project can >> easily >> survive lawsuits such as this). That will be the end of it. Remember >> that >> US law is based on precedents, and BSD has a precident set already. > > The outcome of the BSD case was a settlement, which is not precedent at > all. The opinion on the various motions can be precedent, but as it > came from a trial court, it is not binding on anyone, including other > trial courts. Hmmm ... good point. For some reason I hadn't seen that perfectly obvious point. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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