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SCO Responds to OSDL Legal Aid Announcement
Greyfox writes "SCO has issued a response to the earlier OSDL legal aid announcement. Basically the same old story, noting: 'If vendors feel so confident with the intellectual property foundation under their massive contributions into Linux, then they should put their money where their mouth is and protect end users with true vendor-based indemnification.' The release also refers us to their SCOSource web site, which they claim in their announcement shows 'proof' of infringement. I was unable to find any such 'proof' other than their claim that they own errno.h. Since I'm obviously too much of an idiot to find the 'proof' they claim they're showing, maybe someone else could go look and tell me where it is."
If SCO feel so confident with the intellectual property foundation under their Linux kernel personality, then they should put their money where their mouth is and protect end users with true vendor-based indemnification for all 5 of its remaining UNIXWARE customers.
By now I'm sure everyone now knows that entering "miserable failure" and clicking "I'm Feeling Lucky" on Google will bring them to a certain politician's homepage.. well if everyone reading this were to link "litigious bastards" to SCO's website on their webpages..
Ya never know
Trolling is a art,
The word proof never appears in the pr response. So I guess the quotes around proof in Greyfox's post are the hand-waving quotes, not the quote-unquote quotes.
The Scottish/Irish prefix Mc means "son of".
Son of.. the bride? It seems she has already given birth before the wedding ceremony. Which means the baby was born out of wedlock.
So it's obvious the CEO of SCO hails from a long line of bastards.
Woah, nobody must have pay the 699$ because they don't seem to be able to buy themselves a decent scanner so their exhibit would be readable!
Montreal - Best city to live in!
No, see, you misread their site. They aren't claiming to own errno.h. That is there official statement - as in:
IBM: Show us the infringing code.
SCO: Um, well, Err..... NO!
ThisIsAnExampleAccountGL@yahoo.com
Look how Darl has aged, this has clearly taken its toll.
Help fight continental drift.
If ever a post cried out for a goatse troll linked behind the words, "here's the proof", this would be it!
Sorry, but I just can't bring myself to actually do it...
Trouble making decisions? Just flip for it.
To: OSDL Staff [abuse@osdl.org]
Subject: A message from his majesty.
To whom it may concern,
Now you have done it. I am not amused and if you don't quit defending yourselves, I'll say it again! Also, out of frustration, I kicked my pekinese cat and refused to feed Chriss Sontag and Laura DiDio. I hope you are happy with the pain and suffering you are causing!
Love, Darl.
PS,
Call me!
Hate me!
Signed,
Darl McCosby
...if I participated in moderation anymore.
Drill baby drill - on Mars
With the whole errno.h "proof" and the binary license they are selling, arent you technicaly paying for the right to use the numbers 1-124?
A careful search of my source libraries revealed this:
/* (c) SCO/AT&T */ ...
/* _POSIX_SOURCE */
#ifndef _SYS_ERRNO_H_
#define _SYS_ERRNO_H_
#ifndef KERNEL
#include
__BEGIN_DECLS
int * __error __P((void));
__END_DECLS
#define errno (* __error())
#endif
#define EBULLSHIT 666
#endif
SCO has interesting FAQ
Yes. For instance, I've learned that "FAQ" actualy means "Frequently Asked Questions". And also that their FAQ was written with Microsoft Word, the well-known, very flexible, simple-code generating and highly non-frustrating web-design application.
How insightful.
You are more than the sum of what you consume. Desire is not an occupation.
36. Does the SCO IP License for Linux include a media kit?
...great. so you've just purchased literally nothing. Good job, dumbass.
No. Nothing needs to be installed on the client, server or embedded device.
Everyone knows Darl owns a white persian with a diamond collar. You're not fooling anyone.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
Oh is it supposed to go in "Caldera"? I was looking for a separate "SCO" category and didn't see one. I suggest one be added, with a thumbnail image of the goatse.cx guy as the graphic (Assuming we can get his permission of course, don't wanna violate his copyright...)
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Wouldn't a Jon Katz editorial on the whole SCO deal be such a perfect topper to all this absurdity?
C'mon, Jon... we know you're listening. Give us the write-up!
I find that wearing some robes and a nice pointy hat helps put people at ease when I'm talking technically.