eWeek: SCO vs. Linux: Show Me the Money

“The contentious issue of the SCO Group’s lawsuit against IBM
and its claims that the Linux operating system is an unauthorized
derivative of Unix, to which SCO owns the rights, reared its ugly
head at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (Oscon) here on
Wednesday.

“In a late afternoon panel discussion titled ‘The IP Wars: SCO
Versus Linux,’ moderator Chris DiBona, vice president and founder
of Damage Studios, said the topic essentially involves a ‘SCO
versus everybody else talk,’ adding that the lawsuit was probably
brought for financial reasons as IBM is a player with a lot of
money.

“Lawrence Rosen, general counsel for the Open Source Initiative
(OSI), said he has sued many people, adding that he hates suing
poor clients. ‘The rich ones have deep pockets,’ he said…”

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