Another funny thing about this line:<p>&gt; <i>in this context, Oracle could make everyone&#x27;s life easier by waving their magic relicensing wand.</i><p>SF Conservancy is stating that they have grounds and willingness -- though only as a &quot;last resort&quot; -- to tie Canonical, one of Oracle&#x27;s <i>competitors</i> in the commercial Linux space -- with a lawsuit, but says that Oracle could make everyone&#x27;s life easier by waving their magical relicensing wand.<p>Why on Earth would Oracle do that, though? I think the best-case scenario for Oracle here is that SF Conservancy and Canonical <i>fail</i> to resolve their dispute, the former sues the latter, much time and money on both sides is spent in litigation, and ultimately Canonical wins. But even Canonical <i>losing</i> doesn&#x27;t really seem to hurt Oracle significantly (it may be bad for Linux generally, but even if that somehow hurt Oracle&#x27;s own Linux business, it probably wouldn&#x27;t do so significantly in the near term.)<p>The only wand I see Oracle as likely to wave is their popcorn-making wand.