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OSDL Pays For Linus Torvalds' SCO Defense

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the man-this-sucks dept.

geoff313 writes " For all of you who might be worried about what financial consequences Linus Torvalds might have to endure as a result of being subpoenaed by SCO, fear not: the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) will pay for its law firm to represent him. the OSDL, who are Torvalds' employer, will announce on Friday that the "OSDL has agreed to fund legal representation for Torvalds and any other employees of the lab who may become involved in the litigation." Just in case you didn't you didn't know, the OSDL is funded by a variety of corporations including (but not limitied to) IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Sun Microsystems, Red Hat, Cisco, Computer Associates, Fujitsu, Hitachi, and Nokia. "

6 of 347 comments (clear)

  1. More power to them. by M$Marketing · · Score: -1, Troll

    This just goes to show that there is so much financial incentives to using open source.

    Good job!

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  2. GREASED UP YODA DOLL SHOVED UP MY ASS IS PATRIOTIC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll







    I pledge Allegiance to the Doll
    of the Greased Up States of Yodarica
    and to the Republic for which it shoves,
    one nation under Yoda, rectal intrusion,
    with anal lube and ass grease for all.





  3. Sad.... by starmang · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yah cause i was having trouble sleeping at night thinking of where Linus was going to get money from.

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  4. Re:worried? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    you're a fucking faggot.

    oh, and you don't know the difference between "you're" and "your"

    i hope you have a shitty day.

  5. What have we learned today, class? by Ride-My-Rocket · · Score: 0, Troll

    McBride is what is known in the poker world as a fish. Which is to SCO's great misfortune because penguins literally eat fish for breakfast.

     Yes, but do penguins also play poker, as your statment seems to imply?

  6. Re:from the this-man-sucks dept by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I actually admire Linus

    You are just saying that so he lets you fuck him.

    BUT HE IS MINE!

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    RMS