[ Thanks to Martijn
Dekkers for this link. ]
“Scott McNealy, the chairman, president and CEO of systems
vendor Sun Microsystems, has dramatically warned companies of the
legal dangers of using open source software such as the Linux
operating system.“Following on from SCO Group’s threats to sue Linux users over
its intellectual property claims, McNealy told an audience of UK
businesses that they should steer clear of open source software
unless their suppliers can offer insurance against such legal
action.“‘Don’t touch open source software unless you have a team of
intellectual property lawyers prepared to scour every single piece
[of the open source code]. We offer indemnification, but many
suppliers do not. A lot of companies are going to get very
disappointed as we move forward. It will become a very challenging
intellectual property issue,’ he told Sun’s Technology Forum in St
Andrews, Scotland, this week…”