判事が SCO の主張は証拠不十分と非難 (GROKLAW、Computer Bsuiness Review、Greek.com、Slashdot)

もうそろそろ判決が出てもよいと思われる知的所有権に関する SCO v.s. IBM の訴訟。
IBM は裁判所に「知的所有権の侵害はない」という partial summary judgment というのを出すように求めていたのだが、その要求は却下されたもよう。

ただこの法廷を担当している Kimball 判事から SCO はかなりきつい非難を受けている。

Viewed against the backdrop of SCO's plethora of public statements concerning IBM's and others' infringement of SCO's purported copyrights to the UNIX software, it is astonishing that SCO has not offered any competent evidence to create a disputed fact regarding whether IBM has infringed SCO's alleged copyrights through IBM's Linux activities. Further SCO, in its briefing, chose to cavalierly ignore IBM's claims that SCO could not create a disputed fact regarding whether it even owned the relevant copyrights.
Nevertheless, despite the vast disparity between SCO's public accusations and its actual evidence -- or complete lack thereof -- and the resulting temptation to grant IBM's motion, the court has determined that it would be premature to grant summary judgment on IBM's Tenth Counterclaim.

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へスラー軌道氏が id:ktkawabe:20050210#p1 で上の文を翻訳している。