Re:SCO Linux? (Score 1)

I'm not sure the details of the case support that point. If IBM had a contractual obligation that gave ownership of the code they developed for AIX to SCO then SCO has the ownership rights to the code. Then the case isn't a copyright case, but a case concerning contract law. It may turn out in the process that the GPL is evaluated for its legal standing (especially considering SCO's distribution of Linux containing the code in question), but it might turn out that the judgement could go SCO's way and not invalidate the GPL. In that case any Linux containing code by IBM would be illegal, but Linux without code by IBM would be legally distributed under the GPL.

SCO says they're challenging the GPL. But in court it appears they're really just challenging IBM and the nature of the licensing and contractual agreements between the two companies ... so far.