[ Thanks to Darryl
Caldwell for this link. ]
“Q: You gave Linux, the operating system, to the world free,
in effect jump-starting the open-source movement. Now this
previously obscure company, SCO Group, claims ownership of some of
the code and threatens to close the door on open source and Linux.
I suppose it’s to be expected that when you send your offspring out
into the world, you have to be prepared for your kid to run with a
crowd you don’t approve of.“Oh, Linux has grown up, and it’s running with a crowd that I
certainly never expected, like I.B.M. and Hewlett-Packard. That’s
not the issue. SCO is claiming parenthood of that child and now
wants to make money off the earnings of that child. Even though SCO
has refused to undergo the technical equivalent of DNA testing, and
even though my (and other people’s) DNA is probably all over
Linux…”