OSDL Position Paper on SCO and Linux

cshabazian writes "The OSDL has released a position paper raising serious questions about SCO Group's threatened litigation against end users of Linux. The position paper, which casts doubt on SCO's position, was authored by one of the world's leading legal experts on copyright law as applied to software, Professor Eben Moglen of Columbia University."

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Remember, kids...

[Anonymous Coward]

SCO OWNS LINUX FP!

SCO won't let facts get in the way !

[ozzee]

Since when has SCO demonstrated ANY interest in the truth ? This is just more fodder for the SCO FUD machine.

The best thing we could all do is ingnore SCO and boycot them into oblivion and discuss the matter no further than we absolutly need to. While this document may be interesting, it's nothing extraordinary in that we have not already read it all before.

SCO has embarked on a truly extraordinary path of self destruction and they will get their wish. Let us not be the ones to prolong their demise.

Remember ( 5core:5, insightful )

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Brett Glass is a friend of mine

[Anonymous Coward]

I know Brett Glass. Brett Glass is a friend of mine. And, you sir, are no Brett Glass.

Re:Brett Glass is a friend of mine

[Anonymous Coward]

There could be two Brett Glass guys though. One used to work at Sequent and one lives in Bumfuch, Arkansas. They get mistaken for each other alot. And not to mention the Brett Glass from Lake Titicaca...

Re:End Users?

[jbottero]

[tinfoil hat]

Because Micro$oft is behind the whold damn thing.

[/tinfoil hat]

Re:Users liable? Someone thinks so.

[Xerithane]

If the New York Times got sued for plagarism and lost, would that make it's readers liable? Of course not. This is really no different.

That's because analogies are retarded and unneccessary. If you actually had a valid argument, you wouldn't need to use an analogy.

Notice how the RIAA doesn't go after people who download sogns via P2P? They go after the people who share the songs.

Notice how the BSA goes after people who use software?

Oops. Looks like you lost.

SCO is to Slashdot...

[istartedi]

...as Kobe Bryant is to TV News.

CSound going Open Source is to Slashdot as Afghanistan is to TV News.

$evil_company is to Slashdot as $(kidnapping_involving_white_girl | rape_involving_Black_sports_figure) is to TV News.

$truly_interesting_tech_news is to Slashdot as $foreign_news is to TV news.

As an antidote to regular TV news, try BBC world or Google news. As an antidote to Slashdot? I dunno, else I'd not be here.