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SCO Prepares To Sue Linux End Users
Bootsy Collins writes "In a brief article,
Computer Business Review Online quotes Darl McBride as saying that SCO has been busily identifying Linux end users and is
preparing to launch lawsuits against them in order to encourage more such end users to buy licenses from SCO. SCO indicates that they'll start with a company that uses AIX, Dynix and Linux, so as to 'settle several legal arguments in one go.'" Not everyone is going to take the SCO approach sitting down; read on for a story on how (among others) Weta Digital and Australia's Massey University aren't jumping to say Uncle to SCO. Update: 08/20 13:11 GMT by T : Oops! Massey University is in New Zealand, not Australia.
Chris Brewer writes "Massey University's Helix supercomputer would incur a licensing charge of nearly US$100,000 for it's 132 CPU Beowulf cluster, and Weta Digital's render farm could cost somewhere between US$1.15 and US$1.5 million dollars at SCO's 'introductory' pricing, according to this Computerworld article. Massey's parallel computing director says it's unlikely that they'll buy a licence, instead, waiting for what the U.S. Courts decide. Weta's CTO Scott Houston says that they're also not going to buy a licence, but are focusing on making movies in the meantime."
Linus once asked SCO: "Does Linux have the SCO-nature?"
SCO answered: "There is no Linux, only SCO."
I could care less, but not without a lobotomy
Lets see... morning coffee... morning donut... morning SCO story...
the day can start now!
This is my sig. Its pathetic.
Just imagine Beofulf cluster of Darl McBrides.. That, would be a twist.
Dephine URL
they'll start with a company that uses AIX, Dynix and Linux
omg! they'll sue IBM again!
...from a Prestigious NON-ACCREDITED University.
Until SCO gets squashed, they'll be working so many actions at once, they'll hire any lawyer with a pulse. They'll be lucky if the IBM suit isn't argued by paralegals.
Or maybe they'll just outsource the whole thing to India.
Cease and Desist... or give us money.
World to SCO: Fuck you.
No love lost here then...
Forget thrust, drag, lift and weight. Airplanes fly because of money.
Lets play IP-Infringment Mad-Libs!
"In a brief article, {Industry} Business Review Online quotes {Figurehead} as saying that {Company} has been busily identifying {Debated IP} end users and is preparing to launch lawsuits against them in order to encourage more such end users to buy licenses from {Company}. {Company} indicates that they'll start with a company that uses {Example IP 1}, {Example IP 2} and {Example 3}, so as to 'settle several legal arguments in one go.'"
A different lawyer joke, for a bit of variety
SCO has three groups working on identifying and approaching Linux users. The first is drawing up the list, the second will send out letters offering the chance to license the code SCO says has been copied into Linux, and the third will take legal action against those who refuse.
I seem to hear the sound of baseball bats hitting knees in the background.
Oh wait, that's now the daily SCO press release.
When will SCO's druglab make an IPO? Considering the potency of the drugs that SCO people seem to be smoking these days, SCO just might make a profit.
I wish you people would stop bashing SCO! They are obviously just trying to keep up with the latest trend of giant companies suing their customers and potential customers. They are just trying to be like every other company on the block. If your friend walked down the street in a pair of the newest Nike's, wouldn't you want a pair too? This case is no different! They are just trying to gain acceptance from the RIAA, MPAA etc.
-William Brendel
Are the people that received the complaints all sleeping or is SCO protected from legal investigation?
I'm starting to believe that the group getting the complaints (Securities & Exchange Comission) may be genetic replicas of the morons who grant the patents over at the USPTO.
Cruising the internet on my TI-99/4A @ a whopping 300 baud!
I'm rather tempted to send them some empty banana skins or something, just for the looks on their faces... but I'd hate to subject the postal services to the smell of rotting banana skins by the time they made their way over the atlantic (by boat, of course).
Then again, there's a small SCO office not far from where I live in England...
Miri it is whil Linux ilast...
Because of this, we believe that the Samba must remain true to our principles and be freely available to use even in ways we personally disapprove of.
Even when used by rank hypocrites like SCO.
Goddam get these boys a beer. Open source commandos all the way. This warms my heart no end.
I aprove!
Excuse the Unicode crap in my posts. That's an apostrophe, and slashdot is busted.
Isn't the GPL invalid and pre-empted by copyright law? (according to them)
Are they using the 'archival backup' copy of the program, and why are they distributing it?
Wouldn't the GPL being proven invalid just replace it with standard copyright law, and if so doesn't that mean that they have NO rights to the code what-so-ever?
That's like trying to mend your relationship with your g/f over the phone, while fucking another girl at the same time.
"I love you, ooooh yes... yes.... No seriously, I'm cummit... commited to this relationship... umf"
-If God wanted people to be better than me, he would have made them that way.
I better remove my Linux and install a pirated copy of Windows!...
:: Andrea
Anime Wallpapers
If they demand proof, inform them that they should let you know the exact line numbers within which functions so that you can send them the rewritten code. If they demand all your kernel code, tell them that your modifications are a Trade Secret, and that you are permitted only send them specific small sections of code.
IANAL, but it would seem to me to be a good defence, given that they are unwilling to reveal exactly which sections of code were supposedly stolen.
SCO and the RIAA have teamed together to created a new litigation system! For each friend using Linux or MP3s that you turn over, you get $245! For each friend they turn over, you get $243!
You may not believe me, but I got a check for $10,045! It really works! Forward this email to everyone you know and start turning in friends today!
If I had something intelligent to say, I would have said it.
Here is the best answer I know to SCO's attempt to collect license fees:
I'm afraid I can't pay your license fee as I do not use your SCO Unix product. Should I ever use your software, I will purchase it through my local SCO authorized partner.
Very Sincerely,
__________________
P.S. Your legal department is horrible at sales and marketing. They don't exactly inspire me to want to do business with you.
-- $G
Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it
Extorting everyone for phony licencing fees
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and the kernel for fee
Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb
Their company's in the toilet anyway
So hey why not sue everyone?
No one's installing our operating system
It's less popular than NetBSD
We can't move any inventory
So lets move up the litigiosity
See the greedy faggots who want a $700 markup
Buncha rejects from Novell and emWare
That greedy faggot wants his own jet airplane
That greedy faggot wants to be a billionaire
No one's installing our operating system
It's less popular than NetBSD
We can't move any inventory
So lets move up the litigiosity
I shoulda learned to write NDAs
I shoulda learned to be a total scum
Look at that Sontag, mailing out FUD warnings
Man lets pump, dump and run
And he's up there, what's that? Red Hat countersuit?
Instead of Business, they should've got a law degree
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Get your money for nothin' and the kernel for fee
No one's installing our operating system
It's less popular than NetBSD
We can't move any inventory
So lets move up the litigiosity
I want my, I want my, I want my licencing fee
I want my, I want my, I want my licencing fee
I want my, I want my, I want my licencing fee
I want my, I want my, I want my licencing fee
That ain't workin'
Nah, just change it to something obscure & impossible. Take your pick:
* Commodore Vic-20
* ColecoVision
* TI-99/4A
* Apple ][
* Adam
* BIC 0.5mm #2 Pencil
Cruising the internet on my TI-99/4A @ a whopping 300 baud!
Damn it I am going march arround our state capital now (london) and shout "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION".
James
+1, Amen
...On a related note, I'm "preparing" to nail Shakira.
Who did what now?
Bah, next you'll be claiming that Darl doesn't really have X-ray vision, and that SCO isn't about to make a bzillion dollars and transform into a lifeform composed of pure energy. Some people are so cynical.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
Whoa man, those Linux servers ya got there look mighty fragile. If someone was to accidentally revoke your license, that would be bad for business, see? Bad for you, bad for me, yes? Maybe you'd like some insurance, make sure it doesn't happen? Special price today, only for you my friend, next week it'll be double...
I don't get it. How is it going to sue linux users without showing them the code?
Patriot Act?
This is an outrage! Congress should pass my "Orphanage Minimum Standards/Copyright Extension Act" today!
Sincerely,
Your Congressman
For stealing their stupid lawsuit ideas.
Awww give him a break. How are average Americans supposed to know where a country is if it hasn't been invaded by America yet?
But then again... Australia is an anagram for "A Trial USA".
She saw the code snapshots on Linux Weekly News and Slashdot, of course. :)
Can someone PLEASE come up with a sticker that has Calvin taking a leak on SCO pronto???!!!
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
SCO sues you, now you have to prove in court what all your systems run. Microsoft will be sitting the side lines, "Uhh you have 51 computers running Windows??? You only have a license for 50! We're going to sue you too!"
I wouldn't join. All SCO's money will be in some Indonesian whorehouse by the time you manage to get a judgement.
(bender)
SCO can kiss my shiny metal ass.
(/bender)
I'm running the 2.2 kernel!
Here's the plan:
Pay SCO the $700.
Ask for it back, on the grounds that they do not have the right to license the "property" that they licensed for $700. (SCO would likely not refund)
Sue them in small claims court for the $700.
You forgot a choice...
D. Cowboy Neil in Disguise!
d. pick any two.
How about I give you the finger, and you go sell your scam to someone else?
Thank you.
Finding God in a Dog
Somebody should "take one for the team" and chill this woman out.
:)
I agree. Let us know how it goes.
Probably like tossing a hotdog down a hallway.
SCO going after Google.
Hopefully Google would respond by redirecting all searches for "SCO" to the goatse man.
And by the way, I'm not going to show you. Take that SCOSUXORS.