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SCO Claims IBM/SGI Licenses are Revokable
shadow099 writes "SCO claims in an open letter writen by Blake Stowell, Director Public Relations SCO, that the Unix licenses to IBM and SGI can be revoked. " This is just the latest volley in the ongoing circus. It keeps getting funnier!
in Darl McBride's head. I understand mob rule is teh sucks, but in this case, it's justified. He is insane.
Clinton got away with "it depends on what the meaning of is, is......."
Click here or a puppy gets stomped!
So the husband is at the door, with the suitcase packed and the and a one way plane ticket in his hand and the wife is screaming she's going to divorce him. Pathetic really.
Just picture Dr. Evil putting his pinky to his mouth and saying it: "Irrevocable? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm." See, it fits perfectly, doesn't it?
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
Ok, Jonny, run along and play while big people talk. Jackass.
C
Don't mud wrestle with a pig. Not only will you lose, but the pig will enjoy it! Oh, and that's spelt "Mormon", not "moron"... and counter to popular opinion, there IS a difference!
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
The piece itself is about nothing : the term irrevocable doesn't mean it can't be revoked, it usually just means it can't be revoked for no reason - i.e. there has to be a breach of the terms of the license. (That's assuming there isn't a clause somewhere that says 'This license can never be revoked.')
There is one worrying thing, and I quote:
{Villain fingers pussycat}
If that's an accurate description of what Mr. Stowell was doing, shouldn't somebody call the RSPCA???
Concrete analysis...
SCO issued a statement today saying "Yuh huh!"
IBM and SGI issued a joint reply stating "Nuh uh!"
No, no, hackers would be better served in downloading this top secret "Linux" operating system of theirs that they seem to love so much and distributing it to thousands of people across the globe! Maybe even for free?
How cool would that be?
The GPL interprets court actions as damage and routes around them.
Seriously I can't see it taking very long for the authors to re-group and patch the GPL to fix the issues.
If this truly were to happen I'd give it about 6 months before the GPL and all the code was re-released.
But wait! That would only happen in a properly working legal society. I forgot that this is all happening in New Berlin where the courts follow George W. Furer.
Or at least that's what he seems to be trying to make it anyway...
*blink*
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