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by Anonymous User on Tue Sep 18, 2007 at 10:48:03 AM PDT

We're really not sure about the ownership of operating system alternatives, though, are we? SCO has been trying to prove in court that they own your copy of LINUX. Just because they may fail doesn't mean someone else won't try. Also, just because a developer thinks they have written original code does not mean that they haven't violated a software patent. Who owns that code, the developer or the patent owner? Bad news: its the patent owner. Who owns the most software patents? I think IBM is first, but I'll bet MS is second. Depending on how they choose to exert their software patents, they may already own your copy of LINUX, or enough of it to disable your copy (indirectly, not via download).

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