SCO gets the smack down

In true 1-2 knock out punch style, IBM delivered another major blow to SCO, filing a motion saying that SCO illegally copied and distributed 783,000 lines of code from IBM. The situation is that IBM contributed a bunch of code to the Linux project under the GPL. When SCO decided to claim ownership of Linux and charge licensing fees to anyone using it, they violated the GPL, and by their own actions made it so that they couldn't distribute Linux legally any more, and especially not IBM's part of it. Despite this, SCO kept distributing Linux, and put themselves into a very sticky situation. I have always figured that the powers that be withing SCO would try to litigate themselves into prosperity, and then sell the company before their house of cards came tumbling down. It looks like IBM is spraying that house of cards with lighter fluid, and plans to burn it to the ground before anyone can buy. Three cheers for IBM I say. Suddenly Linux has legal muscle. Bite this penguin, and it will bite back.