Tom Georgoulias wrote:
I'm kinda surprised that this hasn't come up on any of the Red Hat mailing lists I'm subscribed to, but does anyone have credible info on how much of an effect SCO's patent enforcement lawsuits would/could have on Red Hat Linux? It's my understanding that is involves some libraries that provide Unix program capability on Linux, but concrete details seem to be scarce.From what I've read so far, the patent is only for two libs that allow you to run SCO binaries on linux, which are not included in Red Hat AFAIK.
My hunch is while that we won't know for sure until lawsuits are filed and Red Hat makes an offical response, standard installs of Red Hat Linux are OK. Anyone else have that impression? Of course all of this is speculation and if SCO tries to make a land grab, things could get real messy real quick.
But, I think they are mulling other more general patent claims which could affect things like SysV-style init scripts. We won't know what they are planning until they do it.
It seems like they are not outraged that one company or another is using their IP without compensation, and are therefore suing, but more like they have some unix related patents and are therefore looking for someone to sue.
One thing they have accomplished already is my steadfast refusal to use any SCO product anywhere or to recommend any SCO product for any client.
Best Regards,
Keith
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