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SCO NDA Online at LinuxJournal
shadowbearer writes "The full text of the SCO NDA is available here at LinuxJournal. IANAL, but my reading of it makes me understand all the industry "No way!" style comments. Here's a snippet:
"Dan Ravicher, an attorney who specializes in free software and open-source issues at the firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, said in an interview there are three key problems with the NDA. First, Ravicher said, "SCO can pick and choose among all its evidence" to show only the parts that back up the company's claims. "They're agreeing to let you see the half of the picture that they want you to see", he added.""
"Dan Ravicher, an attorney who specializes in free software and open-source issues at the firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, said in an interview there are three key problems with the NDA. First, Ravicher said, "SCO can pick and choose among all its evidence" to show only the parts that back up the company's claims. "They're agreeing to let you see the half of the picture that they want you to see", he added.""
Under Section 8 (Injunctive Relief), if I sign the NDA and then even threaten to reveal any of what SCO showed me:
SCO shall be entitled ... to preliminary and permanent
injunctive relief
Does this mean they can send me down for the dirt nap?
I'm surprised that the NDA isn't under NDA itself.
SCO can only show you half the evidence now as they haven't made up the other half yet. Just be patient and play nice, boys.
Trolling is a art,
Well, if a picture is worth a thousand words, and half a picture is prolly worth about 500...
I say we use those 500 words and tell sco the many ways to "get bent".
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and sent it to them next day mail. I signed it Linus Torvalds.
And to think, I was having SCO news withdrawal.
This should fix me till Monday!
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
I wonder if SCO is run by Scientologists...
And the facts are going to come out during the trial anyways, so all you'd gain by signing the NDA is a small amount of time to look at the code before everyone else does. Not unlike subscribing to Slashdot.
If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
This NDA will self-destruct in ten seconds.
Mormons. Same thing, except they have a database fetish.
On second thought the more likely answer is that people who buy stocks are idiots
Don Dugger
"Censeo Toto nos in Kansa esse decisse." - D. Gale
Good point - but what I don't understand is why they don't put a limit on the Linux side of things? Such as - keep this secret until a judge says this is over, owtte.
So, how evil is the next guy ;-)
"Stop whining!" - Arnold, as Mr. Kimble
4. COMPLAINING. Employee shall not, upon leaving the office, complain, celebrate, share or disclose any details of any day at work or the disposition (good or bad day) of any day. Further SCO reserves the right to alter the empoyee's view of any working day based on whether SCO believes it to be a good or bad day at work.
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Thank you for your letter requesting royalties. I must advise you that I have modified my copy of Linux and it now longer contains any of the code you allege is your property.
I would be happy to show you my revised code so you can verify my claim, if you wouldn't mind filling out this NDA (attached). Oh, and don't forget to let me know which lines you want to see. I have my lines of source code sorted in alphabetical order for your ease of reference.
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Yea....it's possible that you're clinically insane.
This whole SCO-thing reminds me of an old Gary Larson strip where a cowboy in a gunfight is told something like "If you get shot, don't just die! Be dramatic! Jump around screaming or something, then die!"
My other account has a 3-digit UID.
Since you would be the only one to sign it, even SCO could figure out who did it!
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no. A pact with Satan wold be subtle. this is a pact with stupid.
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and sent it to them next day mail. I signed it Linus Torvalds.
;-)
Well I sign all my mail "Rob Malda", especially my email - it seems to keep my own email address free of spam
Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
They are getting ready for the lawsuit against SCO when the stock collapses :D
Has Comcast disconnected your Internet account? Same here. You can read about it at http://comcastissue.blogspot.com
In other words, "This Agreement means what we intend it to mean, and not what it actually says."
I wouldn't touch it with a 10 ft pole.
{Not that I actually have a 10 ft pole, and I didn't intend to imply by listing a 10 ft pole in the text that the text has anything to do with an actual 10 ft pole, and you agree that
You can't take the sky from me!
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They probably think NDA stands for No Details Available.
Not my favorite flavor of UNIX, that's for sure.