On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 12:27:16PM -0600, 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?
There's hopefully a good reason why it's not being discussed here, and
that's because we're mostly techies, not lawyers. We can leave the
slamming, guessing, and threats to the Slashdot crowd,
The best thing I can suggest for now is to simply ignore it. If we
start following all the patents and try to plan around them, you won't
be able to do much of anything. Heck, you wouldn't even be able to let
your kid on a swing if the kid wants to swing side-to-side or around in
circles (seriously).
There are a lot of lawsuits being filed, and many, if not most, aren't
even upheld.
Relax, and keep using Linux for your personal enjoyment.
.../Ed
p.s. I'm not a lawyer either. If I was worrying about at the office,
I'd get the lawyers involved, but I'm not.
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