Groklaw: Some Indemnification Bits for Historians

“So I was cleaning off my dying hard drive, trying to salvage
whatever vital materials I could before it gave up the ghost and
headed for Hard Drive Heaven, and I ran across some things I
totally forgot I had, things I’ll be posting, to get them all on
the record.

“I had earlier written that Microsoft was the first to mention
indemnification and Linux in May of 2003. I’ve found an even
earlier sighting. Microsoft mentioned it in November of 2002, even
before–and just before–SCO and the Gang started its attempted
Rape-and-Pillage-Linux business model. The Indemnification Chorus
sang later, but it was Microsoft’s song…”

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