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SCO Claims Linux Sales After Suit Irrelevant

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-is-only-gonna-get-more-messy dept.

molarmass192 writes "Here's the first reaction I've seen from SCO regarding the public's stance that the code they distributed under the GPL negates their claims on code in the Linux kernel. They claim that the lack of copyright notices "placed by the copyright holder" means that the GPL does not protect the unmentioned code in question. "

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  1. QuakeDot by Cached+Hit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    are /. subscribers allowed to post FP's?

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  2. SCO are fucking retards! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just found this link on OSNews.com here.

  3. How did you defeat ME??!?!?!?!?!? by Cached+Hit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cat got your tongue? (something important seems to be missing from your comment ... like the body or the subject!)

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  4. Re:u r teh FAILURE! your non-FP FAILS IT, Mr. FAIL by Cached+Hit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you know, i had already gotten one FP today, and was going for two, when Mr. SubjectTroll came along and farked it up. and then you have to make me feel all dismal about it. the least you could have done was to give me a goatse link or say something about hot grits. thanks a lot for supporting your fellow troll... *sobbing*

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  5. Re:Linux? by questionlp · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Regarding GIF images, I think it's okay to create, modify and distribute GIF images iff (if and only if) the vendor of the program used to create the GIF holds a valid license to the GIF patent.

    I believe this is the reason why The GIMP does not include support for writing out to GIF by default (yet it can still view GIF images). A plugin to allow for GIF saving/export is available as a separate download.

    So if a GIF was created from Microsoft Paint or Photo Editor, it ought to be fine since Microsoft, most likely, has paid their licensing dues. The same may not be said about Joe Schmoe's image editing program that allows for saving images in GIF format.

    That's my understand of it... but I could be wrong.

  6. Re:SCO cannot fight the power of BSD! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    no, you've got it all wrong...
    THIS is the BSD babe!

    [to trigger happy moderators and paranoid people, this is NOT a goatse troll, it's a pic of a NIIIICE girl and worth checking out]

  7. MY NAME!!! by EllisDees · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Erik Hughes?!? Erik Hughes!!!

    That dirty rat bastard has my name!

    No, not this name, my real name. How dare he tarnish that beautiful name (he even spells it the proper way - with a 'K') by siding with SCO in this lawsuit? I wonder if I can sue him for defamation or something...

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