[NCLUG] What a winner of a case .... understanding copyright

[jbass at dmsd.com]

"J. Paul Reed" <preed at sigkill.com> writes:
> Given his history, let's hope he loses this frivilous suit, too.

Frivolous \Friv"o*lous\, a. [L. frivolus; prob. akin to friare
   to rub, crumble, E. friable: cf. F. frivole.]

   1. Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight;
      as, a frivolous argument. --Swift.~v

Everybody is up in arms about it. It has the potential to change
the landscape in both IBM and the Linux community. They have
completed a checklist on IBM's behalf of everything NOT TO DO
when reverse engineering anothers product that IBM failed on.

Sure SCO is grandstanding here ... IBM put $3B up for grabs.

This *IS* the most important Copyright and IP case of the last
30 years.

What definition of "Frivolous" did you intend?

John