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OSDL Releases Q&A on SCO Legal Actions
craigoda writes "OSDL released a Q&A today written by Lawrence Rosen, noted expert on technology and intellectual property law. The Q&A points to serious flaws in SCO's claims that end-users have to pay for Linux licenses." The press release is a little more diplomatic, saying that the document only helps one determine whether or not one should buy a license from SCO.
Q: Should I buy a license from SCO?
A: No
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SCO, wow, I haven't heard about them for a long time! I was starting to wonder what happened to them.
Good Job Slashdot!
How far up is SCO's head up their own ass?
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Did anyone else notice that the Q&A site was poorly formatted and ugly-colored?
"SCO purports to be a respecter of intellectual property- but in fact at this time is violating no less than four IBM patents" -IBM counterclaim
I did NOT learn everything I need to know in kindergarten.
..they are saying what we already knew: "SCO is full of shit".
Wouldn't that be great if a big time lawer for IBM called a huge press conference to say just that?
"Thank you all for coming today. We would like to say, in response to SCO's most recent *finger quotes* allegations, that SCO is full of shit. Thank you all for coming."
Mod me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
a Q&A paper written by noted technology law and intellectual property expert Lawrence Rosen
Boy, that gave me a nasty start.
The coolest voice ever.
Let's see, they offer a PDF version and an HTML version. Hrm? I know! This is Slashdot, and we have to try and bring them down. Rather than link to the HTML version, let's link to the PDF version. I mean seriously, HTML is so not the prefered format for reading things on web sites.
Jason Lotito
SCO? Whats a SCO? Is that Danish? I noticed a couple of other people talk about a SCO also on slashdot.
I know this is a difficult request.. but could someone PLEASE start a project to replace what ever code SCO claims to have copyright over? And start NOW instead of after SCO wins or loses? This way half way through the case, SCO will lose plainly because they couldn't even claim they had hold in the kernel at all....
:-)
This is made difficult by the fact that SCO refuses to tell anyone what code actually is "theirs" in the kernel, other than it has to deal with computers with more than one processor.. I'm just getting sick and tired of hearing SCO's lawyers and execs and everyone else flaming because they can't figure out who really owns the code.... It's disgusting really. Please help
"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is." G.W.Bush
PDF Producer: Acrobat PDFWriter 5.0 for Windows NT. :(
He points out that SCO has a long long shaft up its ass
Finally legalese I can understand
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
The Current SCO Situation...via the medium of song
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Please mirror and spread if you agree with the sentiment (if not the singing
The Asshat Song [2.73MB MP3]
To the tune of You're So Vain by Carly Simon
sue a corp, anoint tzar
ran crap zoo, sue titan
i can root azure pants
rapacious, not zen art
can't earn it, zap our os
ip rat unto an os craze
- a post one czar in a rut
It's a saloon in the wild west.
There's a poker game on. Texas Hold 'Em.
There's five cards on the table.
The first player is from Utah.
He says "I got Ace High. I win the hand."
The second player. They call him the Finn.
He's got lots of friends, says "Show me your cards then."
Utah says "No, just hand over your cash. You don't need to see my cards."
Then the third player, Bluebeard pipes up: "Well I got a flush. So I beat ya anyway."
Utah says "Show me *your* cards then."
Bluebeard replies "Nope. I'm gonna wait to see your lame ass ace."
Utah smiles nervously "Did I say ace high? I meant four aces. Yeah. Four aces."
Now the silent fourth player, Berkeley pipes up
"Well I got a Royal Flush and I've had it since the flop."
But Utah has turned to Joe at the bar and says
"Well, you owe me $32 for this game."
Joe looks puzzled "But I ain't even playing the game."
Utah gets a mean look now and starts sweating.
He pulls his guns and shouts "Look, just give me your money now. No questions. I MEAN IT!"
Suddenly Utah is surround by a whole boatload of guns.
There's Joe Public, he has no guns, but good fists,
Linus the Finn and his friends have guns, but they rarely use them,
they're rumoured to be really quick on the draw.
Berkeley is calmest of all, he's won a gunfight just like this one already.
Finally Utah turns to Bluebeard. He has a shotgun.
Bluebeard smiles, and pulls the trigger.
And that's the legend of how old SCO died.
Scam Con & Overcharge (NAZDAC: SCO) today announced a barrage of new lawsuits against users of pornography processing software called Linux. A proprietary IBM product, Linux allegedly violates SCO intellectual property. This new development comes on the heels of another SCO lawsuit against God for denying immortality to SCO CEO Darl McBurglary.
"Women and young children are viewing cartoon images of NAKED penguins!" shouted McBurglary, throwing his coffee mug across the room during an interview. "It's disgusting! And besides, it contains OUR intellectual property! It's a conspiracy! And everybody's in on it!!!"
When asked which SCO intellectual property was found in Linux, McBurglary commented, "IBM invented, developed, trademarked, copyrighted and patented certain technologies. Therefore, they are infringing on OUR intellectual property rights!"
SCO spokespersons refused to specify what constitutes the allegedly infringing properties. McBurglary had to be escorted back to his home at the looney bin by two big black guys in pinstriped suits. "Die, fucker, die!!" he yelled at some child walking down the street with a stuffed penguin doll. (I know we're only joking, but with SCO, it could happen!)
Get real Dick. What counts is the courts, not your lefty petition. Don't get yourself worked up, SCO would laugh in your face even if you got a million supporters. They are in it for the money.
... would have made a nice headline coming
right after "SCO attorney declares GPL invalid"
the goatse "person" to replace the /. SCO logo. Tubgirl is first runnerup.
Of course, were I a SCO insider that also read Slashdot, when the inevitable investigations came, I would have a response ready:
"It wasn't insider trading! I sold because it was common knowledge that we were fscked; hell, I read it on Slashdot fuhchrissakes."
This is only a test Sig. If this were a real Sig, it would be witty, pithy, or rude, just like all the other Sigs.
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Coincidence??? Or prophecy?????
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Caldera (back when SCO were called that) bought Digital Research, apparently just to get the right to sue MS over DRDOS.
3 months ago this was wound up. I suppose SCO's lawyers need to keep looking busy. Or maybe there's something more sinister going on, since this is Slashdot?
freedom, n. Allowing people you don't like to do things you disapprove of.
I just went to their piracy reporting form. I thought they would be interested to hear about a company which is distributing GPL code combined with code which said company claim to be proprietry, in violation of the GPL. I hope they take this as seriously as any other 'piracy' that is brought to their attention.
Due to all the confusion about licensing and registration of your Linux package,
we good folks at Blackbag Opz have completed work on an all new registration kit for the confused.
Just run *this* easy to use SCO Registration Kit,
fill in the blanks, check "Number of Cycles, Infinite" and press the SEND button.
Sit back and wait while your SCO-Linux EZ registration kit does the hard work for you!
And sleep well tonight knowing that SCO got your message!
..anyone claiming long Linux uptimes in the Eastern US is almost certainly a liar or a survivalist!! :-)
Donte Alistair Anderson Roberts - hi son!
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