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SCO Calls GPL Unenforceable, Void
wes33 writes "Groklaw has a link
to SCO's replies to IBM's amended complaints. Some
choice bits: '6th Affirmative Defense -
The GPL is unenforceable, void and/or voidable, and IBM's claims
based thereon, or related thereto, are barred. ... 7th Affirmative Defense - The GPL is selectively enforced by the Free Software Foundation
such that enforcement of the GPL by IBM or others is waived, estopped or otherwise barred as a matter of equity. ... 8th Affirmative Defense -
The GPL violates the U.S. Constitution, together with copyright, antitrust
and export control laws, and IBM's claims based theron, or related thereto, are barred.' Comments are pouring in ... not all of them
complimentary to SCO or its legal strategy." Considering that the GPL and the GNU project rely on and affirm the protections of copyright, this seems like a strange argument to pursue.
SCO is dead!
There's, that's much better...
I call SCO fucking gay
Perhaps you are wanting to say "look at linux, the product of many that is inherently better." I will respond by asking you to look at Mandrake, SuSe, and Red Hat. All of them are companies, smaller than the ones you hate, but companies nonetheless.
And you hate politics and politicians who have no regard for a small few? Would you like it if they always had regard for the minority? Think about it, there is a minority of people who would like kiddie porn to be legal. There is a minority that would like us to put a military base on the moon. If the minority were represented all the time, no decisions could be effectively made, and if they were, it would only be the minority of those who have power.
Do you dislike your representative? Campaign to have them removed. Do you dislike a certain law that might be passed? Campaign to have it killed. The key is that it is all in your hands. The louder noise you make, the more people will listten. Indeed, for you to be spitting drivel out in any way requires you to make an action to back it up -- something that is unique in our modern world. It's never been brighter because the little guy can raise some hell.
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Have we lost all sense of decency here? Yes, I know this is /., but I can't believe this comment was modded up. Some of us believe Jesus is our God. I'm not asking you to believe in Jesus, or to have any feelings toward him or anyone else, but you'd think we'd be enlightened enough to have respect for others' religious beliefs.
/. might be asking for too much. But for a bunch of supposedly enlightened geeks, I'm embarrassed to call myself one of you at times.
I have no problem with people bashing Windows (many times that is me) or any other company or technology. That's just technology and we all have fun with it.
I don't have any belief in Allah (as worshiped by Islam), Buddha, Sol, Rah, or any other figure in other religions, but I *do* respect others right to worship as they choose.
And don't tell me making statements such as this are "you're right to worship". We can all worship as we choose without being disrespectful to one another's beliefs.
Yes, I know -- expecting a little decency on
> SCO is dead ... for quite some time.
Now it even smells^H^H^H^H^Htinks badly.
Moron. The UK has never had a slave culture like the US. Go look up the feudal system shithead.
For godsakes....can we quit with all the stupid "SCO makes yet another stupid claim" stories? Can we do exactly what they DONT want and ignore them? Every time I turn around there is another story about SCO...make it stop! PLEASE for the love of all things right in the world.
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Recursion of free speech is shut the f.. up I am caught in a copywritten algorythm that does recursive post reference. I think I will go have a cigarette. SCO is getting funnier by the minuite.
I once did see Dog, while I was on acid. Cut it out guys I'm dyslexic...I might be having a flash back, or maybe it's a slashback-backslash.
OH THE SHAME I fell off the wagon and use sigs again!
yeah, i've long thought that this whole internet thing is going to blow over.
pr0n - keeping monitor glass spotless since 1981.
yes, the citizens of Iraq are dancing in the streets as we speak. they used to get shot for saying the wrong thing, now they get bombed and shot for no reason. oh, happy day. still, at least it's better now than it was 15 years ago. they had free education, free health care, plenty of money from oil revenue and annual visits from western statesmen. the poor bastards. (yeah i know about the kurds et.al, but don't make out like everything's rosy now saddam's gone, cos for most Iraqis times are much worse now than they were at any time under Hussein)
Internet? What's that?
Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel.
Yeah, because it really is that simple, isn't it? If we feel something is wrong, we should mobilize the army. Who cares if there isn't any proof of our claims, who cares if the rest of the world disagrees, who cares if the US invading an arab, muslim country will convince hundreds more people to become terrorists. In the end, all that really matters is liberating ultra-oppressed people.
Btw, in case you missed it yourself, that was sarcasm too.
Btw, these "liberated" people you're talking about? They live under a curfew now, they didn't before. Their government was run by a local dictator before, now it's run by a country on the other side of the planet. The old textbooks glorified the former leader, the new ones most likely glorify their "liberator".
Eventually, I agree that Iraq's people will be better off not having Saddam Hussein in charge... but this has got to be one of the worst ways for them to get rid of him.
Even if you believe that the ends justify the means, you've got to admit that some means are better than others.