Snags's Journal: Linux is safe from SCO

This is my reasoning as to why the Linux community, especially users, have nothing to fear from SCO.

• Linux is distributed under the GPL, giving people rights which cannot be revoked by the grantor.
• "But wait", SCO says, "Linus, etc. didn't have the right to grant that license, so it is null and void." This may or may not be true, but even if it is...
• But SCO did/does claim the rights to the Unix code, including the right to distribute it under the GPL. Not only that, but they have done so, in their own version of Linux. Any Linux kernel that they have posted on their ftp/www sites should be legally free and clear of any of their IP arguments, even if it includes Unix code.
• Novell claims that they actually own the Unix copyrights. They seem no be a linux friend, according to this letter, but it's not legally binding. I wonder if they ever distributed Linux. They've definitely made products for Linux.

That's my summary.