> The SCO lawsuits were brought over (wholly invented) claims that Linux contained copyrighted code "stolen" from source code that SCO claimed to own. Even if

> The SCO lawsuits were brought over (wholly invented) claims that Linux contained copyrighted code "stolen" from source code that SCO claimed to own. Even if that claim was true, SCO would[1] still have lost, because SCO itself (under the name Caldera) had distributed the Linux source under the GPL, thus giving anyone the right to use it under that license. 1: or at least, should, in any sensible jurisdiction. IANAL.