On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Michael Huff wrote: > Is it that simple? > > Sun paid money to SCO to license IP (of some form) relating to Unix -why > would they do that if they already owned the rights to it?
Insurance? While I don't know exactly what they did with SCO, in a world of litigation, a little extra insurance probably couldn't hurt. > Since SCO had no right to enter into the deal, and had no authority to > assign rights, wouldn't that essentially invalidate the deal -and > therefore leave Sun as vulnerable as they were before the made that > agreement -maybe even more so now that they've distributed code that > they potentially may not even have the rights to? Sounds like you've been staying up at night with your ouija board. -- Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 IHV/OEM Group _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
