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Linus Corrects Darl on Copyright Law
cybermancer writes "ITWorld.com has a rebuttal by Linus Torvalds to Darl McBride's latest FUD on copyrights and Open Source. In a nutshell Darl states "SCO asserts that the GPL, under which Linux is distributed, violates the United States Constitution and the U.S. copyright and patent laws" and Linus points out that "the notion that the GPL has, of "exchange of receipt of copyrighted works," is actually explicitly encoded in U.S. copyright law". With Linus of course providing a link allowing the reader to see the law for themselves."
"They are smoking crack."
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Is Darl going to try and rebutt Linus' statement in the next letter, or is he going to go spread more FUD?
Uh, isn't that the same thing?
Talking in reference of GPL.
"It's not just a crazy idea that some lefty Commie hippie dreamed up in a drug-induced stupor."
I just love how Linus say what is on his mind.
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Uhhhh... *points behind Linus* What the hell's that!
*While Linus is distracted, Darl jumps into a giant Bob's Big Boy statue, launches himself into orbit and freezes himself for 30 years*
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You mean, is Darl's PR team going to throw out another factless diatribe about how the GPL destroys financial incentives to innovate, and thusly violate the spirit of copyright law, or are they going to throw out another factless diatribe about how Open Source destroys financial incentives to innovate, and thusly violate the spirit of copyright law...
Slashdot: Where people pretend to be twice as smart as they really are by behaving like children.
of a programmer from Norway having a better understanding of U.S. law than a CEO from Utah? Hahahahahah
It's like when 20/20 or 60 minutes does a special on how kids from China know US Geography or History better than US students.
With Linus of course providing a link allowing the reader to see the law for themselves.
That's low.
Darl would have provided a URL to SCO's business model - you know, the one based on RAMBUS -- but he quickly realized that such a business method was likely to already be patented.
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Never wrestle with a Pig.
You both get dirty...
and the Pig likes it!
Otter: Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be brief. The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules or took a few liberties with our female party guests -- we did. But you can't hold a whole fraternity responsible for the actions of a few sick, perverted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you ... isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do what you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America!
Hold the broken rules, substitute profits for females, open source community for fraternity, and Darl for Dean Wormer.
If Slashdot were chemistry it would look like this:Cadaverine
"...I'm all for ignoring SCO's public spewage."
apparently not.
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Hopefully Jobs would not only hold it, but yank it right out of Darl's mouth.
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Do you think SCO is just keeping these lawsuits up to pay for the bandwidth of being Slashdotted four times a day?
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How about: "Never fight a battle of wits with an unarmed man."