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Linus Corrects Darl on Copyright Law

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the neither-of-them-are-lawyers dept.

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."

14 of 606 comments (clear)

  1. This just in... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Linus uses Gentoo and SCO doesn't. That's why Linus is super-cool!! Yippeee for me!

  2. Linus rebuts, takes Darl to task by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My favorite part is where Linus tells Darl to "suck on this, bitch!"

  3. Copyleft :) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well its not copyright McBride should be worried about anyway its CopyLeft :)

    Long live ......well you get the idea

  4. PENiS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    PENiS

  5. MOD PARENT DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Pingular is a known Troll , it's another account for Sir Haxalot, or Steve Rim Jobs, and the quote is redundant anyway...

  6. Must vent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Normally I'm a normal poster with high Karma, but I need to vent even at the expense of a mod down...

    FSCK DARL!!! WHY MUST HE TORMENT A BUNCH OF INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO'VE DONE HIM NO WRONG BY LAW!!!! GAAAAAAH GO TO HELL!!!!

    Ok I'll go back to being a good boy now...

  7. Re:The most important question of all time!!!11111 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's a tough question. Why not combine the two?

  8. Re:cockfuck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here's a reply. Go fuck yourself. Stop bitching about other people and be more concerned about why you are a stupid little post whore. Get a life man.

  9. Re:SCO, FUD, GPL, US... by gl4ss · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    +5 funny for the athf sig.

    especially when sco is being hit by an enormous bullet soon. then they go to moon and are spanked with moon rocks.

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  10. Re:Linus is guilty of the same sin as Darl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Linus's piece is not very cogent, either

    Now who's smoking crack?

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  12. Re:And that's why Linus Leads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Brother?

    1337 speak is out and gheto is in!

  13. Re:You, sir, are a reprobate! by qeveren · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You are??? Geez, the least you could do is share...

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  14. Re:Another great linus quote by ScottKin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Next, we'll probably have some linux-o-phile, penguin fetishist or hippie wanna-be start claiming "RMS is God"

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