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RMS Cuts Through Some SCO FUD

Posted by timothy on from the scrupulous-thinking dept.

sckienle writes "ZD-Net has a commentary by Richard Stallman about the SCO case against IBM, kind of. It does provide some history on what the GNU organization did to protect itself from such lawsuits. Favorite quote: 'Less evident is the harm it does by inciting simplistic thinking: [Intellectual Property] lumps together diverse laws--copyright law, patent law, trademark law and others--which really have little in common.'"

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  1. SCO is stock fraud. COMPLAIN TO THE SEC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://www.sec.gov/complaint.shtml

    SCO's Stock Plot
    http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/ os/lin ux/story/0,10801,81495,00.html

    What SCO Wants, SCO Gets
    http://www.forbes.com/2003/06/18/cz_dl_0618l inux.h tml

  2. Life is confusing. by Leto2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Yesterday, life was easy. Microsoft bad, SCO bad, IBM good, Linux good.

    Then suddenly my world gets put upside down with RMS responding against SCO. Now what? Should I side with SCO because nothing good comes out of RMS's mouth? Should I side with RMS and his GNU/Linux FUD that fragments the OSS community?

    I'm confused!

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    <grub> Reading /. at -1 is like driving through Cracktown in a convertible that is stuck in 1st
  3. Re:There's Cringely too. by macdaddy357 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    SCOTUS n. 1. A highly sensitive patch of skin between the legs running from the genitalia, to the anus.
    Usage: Yo, bitch! Lick my scotus!

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    How ya like dat?
  4. Re:Holy 3-letter acronyms batman!!! by Idarubicin · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Okay. Let's get this out of everyone's system now. Courtesy of the Internet Anagram Server,

    CODS SMURF
    CDR FUM SOS
    CDR OF MS US
    CDR OF SUMS
    CDR OF MUSS
    CDR FOSS MU
    CDR FUSS OM
    SCUDS FROM
    SCUDS FORM
    SCUD FORMS
    FMC DO RUSS
    FMC DO USSR
    FMC ROD SUS
    FMC RODS US
    FMC DR SO US
    FMC SURD SO
    FMC SUDS OR
    FMC DU ROSS
    COM DR FUSS
    SCUMS FORD
    SCUMS DR OF
    SCUM FORDS
    RCS MUDS OF
    RCS SOD FUM
    RCS DOS FUM

    Clearly, SCUD FORMS are the documents one requires to order or ship a SCUD missile. CDR OF SUMS is a position within the U.S. army--he is resposible for payroll. DR OF SCUMS is the guy who cleans my aquarium. SMURF CODS are the small blue fish that live there.

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    ~Idarubicin