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Some new FUD about Linux and Oracle is floated

By Pamela Jones et al.

Ah, no rest for me, as the FUD keeps on coming. Now there is a meme, echoed by none other than Rob Enderle, that much of the code in Linux belongs to Sun, and hence will soon be owned by Oracle, who will allegedly use that "power" to take over Linux:

Finally, it is believed that a substantial amount of code in Linux actually may belong to Sun and, with this acquisition, could belong to Oracle. While I don't expect a SCO moment, I would expect Oracle to use it as a bargaining chip to drive Linux in a direction it felt benefitted the firm.

"It is believed"?? By whom? Not by me, and I surely know quite a lot about the subject. I think I'd have heard. "Belong" in what sense? This claim will elicit strong guffaws from the guys who actually write Linux, but for any who might be tempted to believe such imaginings, let me explain some things, six reasons why this scenario is far-fetched and most likely impossible even if it were true.

Full post as published by Groklaw on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).