Here's some food for thought ...
1) SCO case created to make impression that OSS steals code from
company's IP
2) MS fights in court, and over years, establishes a number of
precedents that will help it position itself
3) MS creates patent fence around code, so that not just the code
restriction is what's 'protecting' them
4) Plan A: MS slows down interop/middleware opponents by non-
disclosure of information.
5) Plan A fails. MS has to either i) document protocols or ii) issue
code laden with IP rights, direct and indirect
6) Only way to interoperate now is to read their code and write a
document. But patents still apply
7) Someone writes documentation that someone else uses to improve Linux.
8) MS sues for IP infringement. Uses SCO 'precedent' to claim that
'Linux' has a habit of 'stealing' IP.
Somehow I don't think that will work. Linux is too strong to stop now.
-- G.
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