From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 17:38:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B7E416A4CE for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:38:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp09.wxs.nl (smtp09.wxs.nl [195.121.6.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74B2C43F75 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:38:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from akruijff@www.kruijff.org) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp09.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HOS00CA173ROT@smtp09.wxs.nl> for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2003 02:35:52 +0100 (MET) Received: from Alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAN1c6Yj007274; Sun, 23 Nov 2003 02:38:06 +0100 (CET envelope-from akruijff@Alex.lan) Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Alex.lan (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id hAN1c5GU007273; Sun, 23 Nov 2003 02:38:05 +0100 (CET envelope-from akruijff) Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 02:38:05 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <20031119133124.A3269@d66-183-123-52.bchsia.telus.net> To: Viktor Lazlo Message-id: <20031123013805.GC532@dds.nl> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i References: <23740.216.195.235.103.1069277586.squirrel@webmail.gigguardian.com> <99E31C70-1AD6-11D8-9E07-000393A335A2@mac.com> <20031119133124.A3269@d66-183-123-52.bchsia.telus.net> cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCO Lawsuits, round 2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 01:38:04 -0000 On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 01:51:08PM -0800, Viktor Lazlo wrote: > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Lawrence Sica wrote: > > On Nov 19, 2003, at 4:33 PM, Chip McClure wrote: > > > Anyone happen to have a look at Slashdot recently? Happen to wander > > > across > > > an article on the next round of lawsuits, targetting the BSD community. > > > > > > IMO, SCO's grabbing at straws, and they're sinking fast. > > > > > > http://www.newsforge.com/business/03/11/18/1742216.shtml? > > > tid=2&tid=82&tid=85&tid=94 > > > > > > > > I'm no lawyer, but I don't see how much hope SCO has. The lawsuit was > > settled and alll... > > Settled out of court though, which means there was no legal resolution, > giving them some potential, although unlikely, room for leverage. > The only leverage they got is going to cord and claim something about the agreement was not allowed by law. Even if they did they proberbly stil are not able to undo it. -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/