SCO sue IBM re Linux Sys V Copyright. Maybe patent danger later?

[Julian Stacey]

lix.org>

I wrote:
>    Worst nightmare is Microsoft (or some parasite that may not even
>    write code) acquiring software patents, (either deliberately,
>    or by accidentaly acquiring them while buying other companies),
>    ... & later attacking Linux & BSD & all else.

Microsoft just bought rights to use Sco Unix patents etc:
        http://ir.sco.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=109360
but not the patents themselves though.
M$ also bought copyright access to the SCO Unix code - Yawn - It's     
software patents that concern me.
-
Julian Stacey       Freelance Systems Engineer, Unix & Net Consultant, Munich.