[Am-info] Red Hat Sues SCO, Prepares Community for Future Legal Issues

felmon davis davisf@union.edu
Tue, 5 Aug 2003 11:06:16 -0400


On Tuesday 05 August 2003 08:36, Joe Moore wrote:
> >    Is that a crime?  I bet lots of folks would claim that
> > Microsoft has made plenty of "unfair, unsubstantiated and untrue
> > public statements."
>
> It might be illegal if it harms your business, and if it was made
> with intent to harm your business.

and in personal matters it might be punishable as libel and injury to 
your personal reputation though I can't recall if 'untrue' is 
necessary for libel in the USA.

>
> Whether or not it really is illegal depends on your (and their)
> lawyers.

chic is what the chic call chic? the legal is what the legalists call 
legal? maybe.

Felmon