BSsci.Daemonology's Journal: Re: Bedrock, Google, and Linux

I seriously hate Lawyers. I live next door to an FDIC Lawyer and his wife who is also a Lawyer of some sort. She literally is JUST LIKE the character(s) Tara on United States of Tara on Showtime.. She's on Meds, is up and down, and never consistent. He? Well despite being some big-shot government banking lawyer, he's cheap as hell, from some kind of Moravian background, and despite his money and status, acts like a scheming, scurvy, little peasant. In fact, were I a director casting for a part in a movie that required someone like this, he'd be perfect. Anyway, I think if this lawsuit sets the precedent for things to come, Linux will be going through exactly (or similarly at least) what BSD systems went through with their battles with AT&T over Unix copyright. It is interesting to think of how it will all play out. Is this karma? BSD after all, while wrestling with legal suits, paved the way for Linux to take over in a very big way....

In essence, lawyers--essentially being high-class cheaters--would have a much harder time trying to dissect a BSD system on similar 'patented' grounds. BSD has been there, done that (and won). BSD 4.4-lite.