courtesy of slashdot...

short version: the SCO group, owners of intellectual property that might or might not affect parts of the linux operating system, admitted in a 10k filing to the SEC (their income statement, cash flow and balance sheets) that if the judge overseeing their case against IBM, they're more or less toast. long version here.

commentary: if you're unfamiliar with this case--and unless you're into IT, there's no reason why you would be--SCO has been engaged in the despicable practice of patent barratry, in which an entity possessing intellectual property rights sues others for perceived infringements upon those rights. SCO's position, interestingly, is that they can make the claim and not show the evidence that shows where IBM infringed upon those rights. IBM has made several motions for dismissal, and it looks like the scales are tipping ever farther away from SCO.

believe me, this is a good thing.

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