It was more than that... (Score 2, Interesting)

I think that this story is a horribly atrocious rendering about what happened at the panel. 99% of the time, the panel was focused on why SCO isn't a real, credible threat to Linux itself and also on the need for clear copyright inheritence for open source projects. There was also general discussion on the burden of proofs in various lawsuits.

There was also a BOF in the evening that was a very fun session later on that discussed the roles and needs of copyrights and patents.