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SCO Preparing Linux Licensing Program

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the everyone-else-is-scoing-it-why-can't-we dept.

akorvemaker writes "OSNews is reporting about an article at InfoWorld that SCO's new Linux licensing program 'will allow users of the open-source operating system to run Linux without fear of litigation.'" This seems to be either the best business decision ever, or a nail in their coffin. One would think they'd wait before charging a license fee over what some would call shaky ground,

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  1. the good thing... by neodymium · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..with this is that they finally have to tell WHAT the license would be good for.

    1. Re:the good thing... by vsprintf · · Score: 4, Funny

      ..with this is that they finally have to tell WHAT the license would be good for.

      It doesn't make any difference what the license is good for. I have to clean the cat's litterbox tomorrow, and I have a large, padded mailing envelope. Monday, my *license fees* will be on the way to Utah.

  2. The SCO Family of Products by grahamkg · · Score: 3, Funny
    SCO.

    Linux Protection, whether you want it or not.

    "It's not just for the Mafia anymore."

    --
    Graham
    Linux - Fast Pane Relief
  3. Also for sale.. by k98sven · · Score: 5, Funny
    In other news, SCO is reportedly also selling the following:

    Deed to the Eiffel tower

    Herbalife

    Property on the moon, nicely situated near the Sea of Tranquility

    London Bridge

    Viagra pills

    These REVOLUTIONARY PRODUCTS are to be sold through the REVOLUTION of multi-level-marketing, please contact SCO if you wish to make THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS from YOUR OWN HOME.

  4. What percent? by tds67 · · Score: 3, Funny
    SCO is "hoping that even if 99 percent of Linux customers laugh in their face, that there will be sufficient large companies who, for what is presumably going to be a relative drop in the bucket of their IT budgets, can potentially eliminate a cloud over their heads," he said.

    99 percent? I think that percentage is a bit low.

  5. Business Proposition by Esion+Modnar · · Score: 5, Funny
    [Deep Brooklyn Accent]

    You see, me and the boys here, we'd hate to see something... unfortunate... happen to your business. After all, running Linux is attractive, but... risky... if you catch my drift.

    Now, for a small, shall we say, licensing fee, we can guarantee that we won't burn down, er, um, (cough) I mean, litigate your business into bankruptcy.

    After all, we're legitimate businessmen.

    --

    They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
  6. I would also like to announce that by eap · · Score: 3, Funny
    I am now licensing SCO OpenServer for only $5!

    Please send payment to:

    Happy Dude
    742 Evergreen Terrace
    Springfield

  7. Re:I can hear the court cases now.... by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Neither did I. Clerk, are there any cases on our agenda today with some merit?"

    Well, thinking about how fair, sound and pristine the US legal system is...

    No.

    --
    Hate me!
  8. An Ode to SCO by Piquan · · Score: 3, Funny

    My-my-my-my (U can't touch us)
    SCO tries to bill me so hard
    Makes me say, "Oh my Lord, thank you for blessing me
    With a mind to think about the O from SC"
    It feels good
    When you know you're right
    A superdope winner in a court fight
    And SCO knows as much
    And they'd just get beat-uh!
    U can't touch us

    I told you homeboys
    U can't touch us
    Yeah, that's how we livin' and you know
    U can't touch us
    Look in the GPL, man
    U can't touch us
    Yo, let me bust the funky code
    U can't touch us

    Stop! RICO time!

    (With some apologies to MC Hammer, but mostly to the people who read this.)

  9. Re:Wrong by hammock · · Score: 3, Funny

    Downloading Britney Spears anything, however, should be illegal.