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IBM Adds SCO Counterclaim Charging Copyright Infringement
linuxjack55 writes "According to Yahoo! Finance, IBM has filed yet another counterclaim against SCO, this time claiming that SCO 'infringed IBM's copyrights by distributing IBM's contributions to Linux after SCO had violated its Linux license by claiming a copyright on parts of Linux.' Like it or not, it looks like the GPL is going to get a full vetting in this case. It is, however, nice to know that IBM's fire-breathing legion of IP lawyers is on the side of the GPL."
Why does this sound like a dodgeball game with a team from Class A and a team from Class B in grade school?
Ouch, the graph shows that SCO dropped ~15% since that news broke.
Darl, I'll let you sleep on the couch in my basement. Note though that my cat is very fussy, you'll have to completely bury your turds in the litterbox or she'll get mad. Thanks, buddy!
Trolling is a art,
I cant keep track anymore.
All Troll + "offtopic" mods are meta moderated as "Unfair", because you abused the system.
I swear, if this ever proceeds to court, I fully believe Darl McBride will be wearing Depends.
How charming to think that the lying, snivelling legal lapdogs at SCO are going to get the Big Blue treatment.
Thanks Big Blue!
Darl's such a turd, your cat will try to bury HIM.
-Looking for a job as a materials chemist or multivariat
I am almost positive SCO has violated several IBM patents on FUD.
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We'd need MC Escher for that, I think....
IBM does not have the resources to make a test case of the GPL. IBM has the resources to make this a slam-dunk that will make the O.J. Magic Mystery Tour look like a circus sideshow.
Right or wrong, who cares. It's going to come down to who has the most cash.
Maybe Darl was riding a Segway and accidentally slammed head-on into a VW "The Thing," thereby bringing together two silly transportational fads in a most tragic way.
There are in fact only 16 of them, but they multiplex into a virtual legion of 4096.
You were 80% angel, 10% demon. The rest was hard to explain. - Over The Rhine
"Math in a song is good."-Linford
Chart. As I write this, it's down nearly $3, or 17%, on yesterday's close. McBride and his cronies have less than an hour before the markets close to innovate another press release to try to pump it back up again. Grab some popcorn - this is gonna be fun.
Just another wannabe fantasy novelist...
And you thought the Battle of Helm's Deep was massive. I'd rather have a bunch of Uruk-Hai after me than IBM lawyers. *shudder*
The most ironic part about this is Love's first name. He should sue SCO for infringement because they are smearing his first name by doing exactly that: Ransoming the Linux community.
No trees were harmed in the composition of this; however, numerous electrons were inconvenienced.
The memo failed to state however, that the counterclaim was the latest strike in what IBM calls "it's long term plan to kick SCO's big'n'salty donkey balls".
An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
Do you hear that Mr. McBride? That is the sound of inevitability.
Seriously. Look here.
I will be insufferable for the rest of the day.
Boies, hotshot?! Has this guy ever WON a case?! He lost the Napster case, lost against Microsoft, lost defending Algore's perpetual recount, etc.
I don't know WHY this guy has ANY kind of reputation that is positive. He is either a horseshit lawyer, or he takes on loser cases. There is no third possibility.
Hell, the best sign for our side was that BOIES's name was tacked on...
Corporatism != Free Market
The original response to SCO included 10 defenses and 10 counter claims.
Adding another counter claim screws up the symmetry completely.
Translation: All Your Code Are Belong to Us
There's no point in questioning authority if you aren't going to listen to the answers.
I hear there is a group of terrorists in FL holding a plane load of SCO lawyers hostage. They're threatening to release one every hour unless their demands are met.
apologies to Kenneth Lay for stealing his joke.
I came to the datacenter drunk with a fake ID, don't you want to be just like me?
Amen brutha. No matter what happens, it's going to be a hoot. Damn. I hope some smart bastard gets the movie rights. It would make an excellent mini-series starring:
John Bobbet as Daryl McBride
Giant Killer Robots With Nuclear Bombs For Balls as the IBM legal team
Wilford Brimley as the caring and passionate Judge
The cast of Friends as disgruntled Linux users
Ryan Phillipe as the young Eric S Raymond during a flashback scene
That chick from voyager as the evil SCO lawyer
Danny Bonaduce as the hotdog vendor out on the street who has keen insight and good advice.
And a cameo by Sean Connery as the old prison guard that comforts Daryl after his first pooper invasion in the prison scene at the end of the movie.
For every annoying gentoo user, are three even more annoying anti-gentoo crybabies. Take Yosh from #Gimp for example.
SCO: All your Linux belong to us.
IBM: I'm in your face, suing your dudes...
SCO: That's no fair!
IBM: noob
Yeah it's retarded but I am too damn tired to be funny.
There's a growing sense that even if The Future comes,
most of us won't be able to afford it.
-- Lemmy
Well, given Boies' track record, the Linux community is home free...
I believe the correct syntax is
SCO == TOAST
Well, at least it's encouraging that he didn't manage to actually win any of those cases.
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500 million falls out of [random microsfot exec]s' pocket when his wifes servant does the laundry.
turn up the jukebox and tell me a lie
It would be a feature movie. The cast would go like this.
Bill Gates = the voice of Optimus Prime
Darl McBride = Christopher Walkin "I don't understand Wwhat! Is the problem...here."
SCO Lawyer - Boies = John Travolta (the fat version sitting with bridged hands in a leather chair)"Elegant, isn't it."
Linus = Victoria Silvestedt (shes such a great actor, I lover her work, but she won't talk the whole show but will be in every scene)
Linux developers = Jack Black and the Mountain Dew guys (comic relief)
ESR/Perens = Nick Nolte, Michael Ironsides (pissed off and dramatic) Nolte: "Well damnit, this is bullshit, how much longer do I have to take this crap." Ironsides: "They (the aliens) sucked his brains out! Theres your problem."
The Intrepid Reporter = Nicholas Cage (the narrator eye for the story with his bad southern accent in Conair mode)
IBM CEO = Ian Mckellen (Gandalf)"This foe is beyond any of you.""Ahh, there it is, the air isn't as foul this way, when in doubt, always follow your nose."
IBM Lawyer = Samuel L. Jackson "We need shotguns for this job"
The Judge = Puppet Yoda(not CGI) or Grover "Begun this SCO war has", "now matters are worse"
The Jury = Chasey Lain and a pole "Oh yes, yes yes, Oh god, YES."
Director= Ridley Scott
TITLE: Project Monterey
Actually, Bobcat Goldthwait as Zed McBride sounds about right to me.
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A group of SCO executives is being held hostage by a terrorist organization. The terrorists are threatening to burn the SCO executives alive if their demand of ten million dollars for the release of each SCO exec is not met.
We are requesting a donation from anyone that cares about the issue and no amount is too small.
So far we have received two Zippo lighters, three boxes of matches, twenty gallons of unleaded gasoline and a can of kerosene. Please contribute to alleviate the sutuation.