Groklaw: An Answer to the Indemnification FUD

“There has been quite a chorus of frogs in the pond calling out,
indemnification, indemnification, indemnification. Red Hat’s CEO
says his customers have not been asking for it, but SCO’s McBride
says we GNU/Linux users need it and so he has taken it upon himself
to lobby on behalf of other companies’ customers:

“”For the first time in the history of the industry, we have a
major operating system platform that’s being pushed on end users
and at the same time the users take it, they’re being told ‘Buyer
beware–you own all the inherent intellectual property risks with
this product,’ said Darl McBride, SCO’s chief executive.’

“I’m pretty clear he doesn’t have a soft spot in his heart for
Linux lovers, so that couldn’t be his motivation, do you think, a
paternal concern for us? The lovely and tireless Ms. DiDio also
repeatedly says we want indemnification, and we absolutely,
positively must have it. She is, as usual, wrong…”

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