From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 14 18:10:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8636616A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:10:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd5mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4172C43D1D for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:10:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flowers@users.sourceforge.net) Received: from pd2mr7so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr7so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.10])2003))freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:33:32 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml5so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.149]) by pd2mr7so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0HZB00AOV4NVFER0@pd2mr7so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:33:32 -0600 (MDT) Received: from sirius (S0106004001438e5b.cg.shawcable.net [68.144.47.89]) 2003))freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:33:31 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:33:28 -0600 From: Dan MacMillan In-reply-to: <000a01c451c8$044d4b60$1e999a8e@3ey7m> To: Spuds , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal Subject: RE: Some Simple Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:10:54 -0000 From: Spuds > > 2) Is FreeBSD in any way affected by the SCO lawsuits ... What you're asking for is legal advice. No one here will indemnify you if in a perverse travesty of justice SCO does succeed in its goals. You will have to assume the risk yourself. Risk = probability * severity. Probability is something most people have an opinion of. On this list, you are not likely to find many people who think that any ruling regarding FreeBSD (or Linux, for that matter) will favour SCO. Severity is something you can only judge yourself. It would be wrong if SCO were able to successfully make a claim against FreeBSD, but that doesn't make it impossible. -- Danny