Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 12th Mar 2003 20:31 UTC
SCO's lawsuit filed in Utah last week claims that IBM integrated computer code belonging to another company into the Linux operating system, touching off speculation that the lawsuit could hurt other Linux companies, including Red Hat, the country's largest distributor of the software. Red Hat isn't involved in the dispute, but some analysts say that the Raleigh-based company won't be able to escape the fallout. "It's kind of irrelevant who wins the lawsuit," said Victor Raisys, analyst with Soundview Technology Group in San Francisco. "You can't take back the fact that someone has tried to claim intellectual property on Linux. The genie is out of the bottle."
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"American "justice" is dumb like their president..."
Think before you speak, Marcelo. Intellectual Property laws are just as active in Europe, South America, and many parts of Asia as they are in America and Canada. And how this will affect international companies is not clear right now, but there are a host of international laws that could come into play here. According to the references I've consulted, there are more international laws pertaining to commerce (including IP) than anything else because of all the international trade and multi-national companies.