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HP Clarifies Indemnification Offer For Linux Users

Posted by timothy on from the do-scos-respond-to-mace dept.

After HP extended an offer of indemnification to users who purchase Linux through HP, SCO issued a strange press release: in it, SCO claims that HP's action actually supports SCO's claims that "issues exist" with the Linux kernel's legal status. In an article at NewsForge (like Slashdot, part of OSDN), HP's Martin Fink roundly denies SCO's backhanded interpretation; a followup story quotes Bruce Perens, Linus Torvalds and ESR on the HP offer. Linus: "Indemnification is wonderful. It might be a cynical marketing tactic, but if people are asking for it, why not?" The first article also points out the limited nature of HP's indemnification claims, which are definitely not blanket protection -- installing patches not approved by HP could well make them wash their hands of your machine.

8 of 275 comments (clear)

  1. first pist! by AnimeFreak · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    SCO owns you fuckers. Hahaha.

    - chendo

  2. Re:HP is FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    But U is not HP and U is not FP, so FU.

  3. SCO is correct. by dnoyeb · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    SCO's interpretation is certainly correct. I predicted as much in the yahoo forums. It lends credence to the idea SCO has 'something.'

    Of course this is only good news for SCO and those invested in SCO. Suing end users is a tragic mistake, but suing HP for the same purpose is much more surgical...

  4. get rid of them both by lostinchicago · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    we should just disband SCO and HP, neither of them does anyone any good so off with their heads.

  5. Re:Without copyright, Linux users fine. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Without Copyright, there would be no Copyleft, the GPL or any other Open Source license fuckwad.

  6. Why do "terrorists" always bomb innocent people? by JessLeah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why don't they start bombing, say, SCO HQ? That would be a nice change of pace.

    --
    Honey, I shrunk the Cygwin
  7. Re:I've always wondered by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I've always wondered about linux zealots. Obviously, they are paid absolutely nothing to put a certain spin on things, yet they try very hard to do it. What I've never understood about the psychology of it is this: are they actually gay? Do they start out straight, then convince themselves otherwise by sucking so many sets of nuts along the way? Or does the notion of straight sex not even cross their minds, as they are busy trying to teabag the niggers they want?

  8. Re:So... by FurryFeet · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    /me sits and waits for the "rape is never funny" trolls/idiots.