"This whole thing strikes me as utter insanity but there's really no way of knowing what's going on here until SCO shows exactly what bits of the kernel code is at issue," said Linux developer Ken Camern. "Until then, weird rumors will continue to fly, which is no surprise.

"What does surprise me is the deeply nasty nature of the comments from SCO directed towards the Linux development community."-- Ken Camern, 2003-05-16

"SCO's handful of patents aren't significant. Nobody's ever won a trade-secret case like this one."

[...] "The open-source community has been careful about other people's code for years," Perens said.-- Bruce Perens, 2003-05-16

"SCO's actions are again indeed curious," SuSE said in its statement, released on Thursday. "We have asked SCO for clarification of their public statements, SCO has declined," SuSE's statement read.

"We are not aware, nor has SCO made any attempt to make us aware, of any specific unauthorized code in any SuSE Linux product. As a matter of policy, we have diligent processes for ensuring that appropriate licensing arrangements (open source or otherwise) are in place for all code used in our products."-- SuSE PR, 2003-05-16

"I'm intimately familiar with the history of the 'intellectual property' SCO is talking about," said open-source advocate Eric Raymond. "I was there for a lot of the history, as far back as 1982. The fundamental claims in SCO's complaint are a colossal, brazen pack of lies."

"What's mystifying is that they are stupid lies, easily falsified by facts in the public record and SCO's own behavior?. I hope IBM calls me as a witness, so I can eviscerate these clowns."-- Eric S. Raymond, 2003-05-16

"When SCO shipped what it now claims as its property under GPL, it voluntarily ceded the right to recover for these alleged misappropriations," Raymond said. Read the license and see for yourself."

[...] "Your typical businessperson is much more likely to be impressed by IBM's support of Linux than by SCO's claims," Raymond said.-- Eric S. Raymond, 2003-05-16