Posted by
CmdrTaco
on from the this-is-only-gonna-get-more-interesting dept.
djtrippin writes "Linus comes forth on the SCO v IBM suit and how it pertains (or doesn't, for that matter) to Linux." He definitely puts a fair amount of perspective on the whole thing. This story really is only going to get more bizarre.
Re:Mirror in case it's slashdotted
by
SubliminalLove
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· Score: 0, Troll
Let's leave the copyright infringement to the bad guys, shall we? At least get permission before you plaigarize the entire article on/.
~SL
Re:"Linus came forth"?
by
fishbowl
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· Score: 3, Troll
>>Linux is to Unix as a Bicycle is to a Luxury Car
>so, uh, let me guess...not to hot in the verbal >section?
I don't think you understood -- that is a verbatim quote from the actual court document. SCO has actually made that statement in their complaint, and with a straight face, filed it with a court.
Personally, I would have fired the lawyer who came up with that. (It reminds me of the time I DID fire a lawyer for saying "you don't need a nuclear bomb to blow up an anthill" in a piece of litigation for me.)
In a first draft you can say amateur crap like that, but this is a billion dollar suit. It calls for some standards.
-- -fb
Everything not expressly forbidden is now mandatory.
Re:Mirror in case it's slashdotted
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phoxix
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· Score: 1, Troll
I'm sick of this karma whoring going on at slashdot recently. People should be given points of having something to say, and not just reposting data.
To jsse (254124):
So you like posting copyrighted material ?
You do know that with the approval of the copyright holder of this content, you have no legal right to repost this material. So essentially the fine folks of of MozillaQuest Magazine could come after your ass.
This isn't about the DMCA, or the other crap that slashdot babies cry about. This is about copyright laws that exist to rightfully protect information. These same laws protect whatever open source license you choose to use. (Copyright laws might be abused, but they aren't all a bad thing.)
PS: So the next time you re-post copyright data. Don't karma-whore and post it as AC.
Sunny Dubey
This assumes you live in the US, or a country with a vague understand of normal IP.
Slashdot Mirror
Let's leave the copyright infringement to the bad guys, shall we? At least get permission before you plaigarize the entire article on /.
~SL
>>Linux is to Unix as a Bicycle is to a Luxury Car
>so, uh, let me guess...not to hot in the verbal
>section?
I don't think you understood -- that is a verbatim quote from the actual court document. SCO has actually made that statement in their complaint, and with a straight face, filed it with a court.
Personally, I would have fired the lawyer who came up with that. (It reminds me of the time I DID fire a lawyer for saying "you don't need a nuclear bomb to blow up an anthill" in a piece of litigation for me.)
In a first draft you can say amateur crap like that, but this is a billion dollar suit. It calls for some standards.
-fb Everything not expressly forbidden is now mandatory.
To jsse (254124):
So you like posting copyrighted material ?
You do know that with the approval of the copyright holder of this content, you have no legal right to repost this material. So essentially the fine folks of of MozillaQuest Magazine could come after your ass.
This isn't about the DMCA, or the other crap that slashdot babies cry about. This is about copyright laws that exist to rightfully protect information. These same laws protect whatever open source license you choose to use. (Copyright laws might be abused, but they aren't all a bad thing.)
PS: So the next time you re-post copyright data. Don't karma-whore and post it as AC.
Sunny Dubey
This assumes you live in the US, or a country with a vague understand of normal IP.