It’s very possible that some of Irreal’s younger readers won’t even know what this is about. Older readers will just shake their heads like I did and think, “I thought that was over years ago.” But it isn’t.
Sadly, The SCO/IBM suit lumbers on like a zombie. Just like it has for the last 15 years. Fifteen years! I started to read through the opinion but found I couldn’t bear to go through it all again. When it started, SCO was claiming that it owned the rights to Linux and was demanding license fees from Linux users. A few companies, having scored low in the genetic lottery sweepstakes, actually paid up. Most told SCO to go pound sand and the user community pretty much shunned those who had capitulated. When (we thought) it ended, the District Court had ruled against SCO on pretty much every point.
Now the Court of Appeals has overturned the District Court on one of the key points. From what I can tell from the parts of the opinion that I did read, the ruling hinges on a technical point and does not speak to the merits of SCO’s claim.
I just wish someone would put a stake through SCO’s heart and end this nonsense once and for all. The suit, like the zombie it resembles, is threatening to eat our brains and no sane person wants to live through the drama again.