Groklaw's New Group Project -- The Timeline Project
By Pamela Jones Groklaw I mentioned a while ago that I was thinking of a project for Groklaw to tackle as a group. Here is what my idea has morphed into. I want to do a systematic, comprehensive, and carefully documented history timeline relating to Unix and the Linux kernel, based, with his kind permission, on Eric Levenez's Unix History timeline chart, but from the perspective of tracing the code by copyright, patents, trade secret, and trademark. The idea is that the final timeline will be a publicly-available resource, released under a Creative Commons license, that will assist the community in defending against - or better yet in deterring - future lawsuits against GNU/Linux code. I am convinced that we can make a difference, legally. I am also convinced that SCO won't be the last attempt to make money from GNU/Linux code, even if they fail, which I expect them to do. There are, sadly, always companies and lawyers willing to initiate a lawsuit if there is ...