Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 11th Jun 2003 21:39 UTC
Apple Computer is being sued by The Open Group, the San Francisco company that claims ownership of the Unix trademark, for using the term Unix in conjunction with its Mac OS X operating system without a license. Apple has countersued, asking a judge to declare that the trademark is invalid, because the term Unix has become generic. This legal battle, though separate from SCO's recent claim that Linux uses copyrighted Unix source code, adds further fire to the debate over the custody of Unix--the 30 plus-year old OS originally developed by AT&T.
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Hank, think of it this way. The AT&T v. BSD case really didn't clear anything up. But by the end of this, more or ALL of UNIX could be freed from copyright and patent ownership. The name will no longer be a trademark, etc...
This could provide a wealth of code and publicity in the long run to the public.
And Microsoft will have bought an expensive but useless license, lost the rights tot he mark Windows, and have supported the wrong side--SCO, a company that had sued MS--all to prove a point that will be invalidated--that IP needs to be proprietary and secreted away.
Do I think this is going to happen? Who knows, but we've still got our eye on MS... I don't see them getting away with anythign they aren't already getting away with...