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SCO Asks IBM To Make SCO's Case For It

Posted by timothy on from the it's-just-simpler-that-way dept.

acousticiris writes "According to an analysis of Friday's memorandum from SCO on Groklaw: 'If I had to characterize it in a brief sentence or two, the sentence would be that SCO tells the court, "How are we supposed to know what code IBM misappropriated? It's up to them to prove our case for us."...' It's also interesting to note that in Friday's memorandum, footnote 4, SCO uses Eric Raymond's Jargon File entry for FUD to take pot shots at IBM (footnote 4). Evidently, Eric was not pleased, according to the updated entry."

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  1. ESR blah blah blah by swordgeek · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ah, Eric. Always the pinnacle of restrained wit and tact.

    Seriously, he could be charged with libel for his "SCO has become a nest of liars and thieves" comment, and probably should. At any rate, he keeps missing a major point of open source: If you release it to the general public under a given license, then everyone who abides by that license can use it. Military (domestic and foreign both), IBm, and SCO. SCO, for instance, can use the jargon dictionary just fine, and he doesn't HAVE to like it! He made his own bed, now he can lie in it.

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  2. Re:U R A Faugh King Moe Ron by dipipanone · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well forgive me, oh mighty anonymous coward, for making a mistake in the workings of a foreign country's legal system. I feel so useless now.

    Don't feel useless, AC, as you were perfectly correct. Criminal libel (while fairly rare) is an offence both in the UK, and also in the USA and you *can* be charged with it. Even in Utah apparently.