[extropy-chat] EU judgement goes agaisnt Microsoft

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Dan Clemmensen <dgc at cox.net> wrote:
> Adrian Tymes wrote:
> >Technically, he runs the group that creates the
> core
> >architecture of Linux; a poor understanding of how
> >this works (all too easy to find among judges)
> might
> >conceive that he could use this power to introduce
> >security flaws, if he wanted. 
> >
> What group does Linus run?

>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds :

> [Linus] is now seconded to OSDL to work on the Linux
> Kernel full-time.

> [Linus] remains the ultimate authority on what new
> code and innovations are incorporated into the Linux
> kernel; other operating system aspects (both user
> visible and invisible) such as the X windowing
> system, gcc, and various package management schemes
> are run by others.

I don't think he runs OSDL itself.  There may not be a
formal name for the group he runs - they might not
have need of a formal working group name in the manner
of corporations and standards commitees.

But the point remains: the main reason nobody's suing
him is that there's no money in it, either directly or
in terms of disrupting Linux's market share.  Those
who do want money from suing Linux chase more
potentially profitable targets, as in SCO vs. IBM.