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SCO Wants to License Europe
MacEnvy writes "It looks like SCO isn't letting up - they've decided to expand their war on Linux to other countries. According to Internet Week, the company will be offering its Intellectual Property License in the UK and other European countries starting February 1. Whether Europeans will buy the licenses has yet to be seen." Motley Fool has chipped in on SCO's chances.
I had a company named SCO...
It died!
It died!
McBride said they owned Unix...
He lied!
He lied!
Why oh why is my company dead?
Couldn't IBM lawyers sue me instead?
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
Somehow I doubt it...
SB
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
"Hmm. This isn't working in the states. I know! ..."
Assume I was drunk when I posted this.
Now not only can they be slaughtered in the US courts, but the rest of the world can get in on picking them apart too!
~~ Please keep your arms, legs, and outright stupidity inside the ride at all times. Thank You ~~
Within the week they will have conquered France!
Join moola.com, play games to earn money.
They could always threaten the French military.
As long as there is a Second Amendment, there will always be a First Amendment.
How much for France? Good food, hot chicks... I'm there.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
Oddly enough, it seems more plausible than licensing Linux. Can't understand who's in the market for a license to a continent though...
I can hear that conversation ....
...
Darl: I'm not gonna get my stock options. Who else can we sucker into buying our protection racket?
Sontag: Let's try Europe!
Ralph: Yeah, they don't know nothing about source code and licenses and stuff
Darl: Yeah!
The SCO stooges strike again. If they think the laws are harsh in the US, they would do well to remember the smack down they received in Germany.
Is it:
a. stupidity?
b. greed?
c. utter arrogance?
d. all of the above?
...will be trying this licensing shit in Russia.
EVERYBODY knows you don't invade Russia. It screwed Napoleon, it screwed Hitler, and it's going to screw McBride.
"Why Subscribe?" Good question...
"Europe collectively has just extended their arms and given SCO the middle finger! It's a beautiful sight, Charley."
Background: 28/M/Bi-Sexual; Owner of a Linux company; MBA Harvard 2003; B.S. Comp Sci MIT 2000
I love the way the Motley Fool article ended -
Seth Jayson is currently struggling through a new Linux install on a computer he built from an old wood crate. SCO may serve his papers at FoolishSeth@sethj.com.
Hahaha! If _that_ is not snubbing SCO, I do not know what is.
Jeez, what part of "attempt no landing there" didn't they get?
Oh, wait, that's Europa. Never mind.
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a skull.
(Disclaimer: Not my auction, not related.)
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
There isn't enough crack in the world to explain this...
JWall: GUI client for IPTables
for SCO to lose in the US and Europe?
The company should be broken into a billion tiny 1's and 0's and sprinkled into the fires of Mount Doom.
I'm laughing at clouds.
Is the Russian Winter...
WARNING! Do you own a car, know how to read, or view photographs? Then you may be using some of my intellectual property, and I may file a lawsuit against you, claiming hundreds or even billions in damages.
Are you concerned? YOU SHOULD BE! Intellectual Property Theft is one of the most notorious crimes facing life on this planet. Terrorists often use Intellectual Property Theft to further their own evil goals. Stealling my intellectual propery is unAmerican.
What can you do? Well, you can either give up on life, or you can buy a license from me! Feel comfortable driving, reading, or seeing things. Have no fear of turning into an unamerican terrorist. And all it costs is $350 per person!
Isn't that a fair price for a piece of mind?
I can finally get my license!!!
This Just In ...
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BBC News
Within two hours of receiving the SCO demand letter, President Chirac hastily convened the French Parlimant. By a virtual unanimous vote, 1 member (a Linux user) from the Assembly abstaining, France has agreed to surrender.
The SCO lawyers are expected on Monday to parade down the Champs Elysees prior to accepting France's surrendertrain.
Maybe they can patent lawsuits too, and make REALLY big bucks.
I suspect that SCO will be mocked and laughed at by the Europeans just the same as we Americans do. Finally! A humor that transcends boundaries!
Ah, humor... Everyone appreciates a good joke.
Perhaps SCO will try to go after the Middle East next, and we can finally achieve world peace by all having a great laugh at SCO's dying attempts to boost the value of Darl's stock options.
SCO can license EUROPE? WOW!
I hope there's a Luxemburg exclusion clause.
I guess I better hurry up and start licensing MARS.
- Gentlemen, start your hybrids!
Scene at french castle as sco's lawyers arrive looking for their money
Frenchman 1: Uh c'est sco.
Frenchman 2: Quoi?
FM1: Les litigious bastards
FM2: Ohhhh...oui! sco.
FM1: Fetchez le vache!
FM2: Uhhh?
FM1: Fetchez le vache
Mooing noise. Cow is seen flying over wall of french castle. Sco's lawyers run away screaming "run away. run away".
"Good thing. European companies will probably use SCO's letters as toilet paper..."
I hope they use it as evidence...
What?
SCO will expand its licensing program to all european foreign dictionaries in the near future.
A quick seach shows that the english version of /usr/share/dict/words alone already contains
1613 words, which illegally include the SCO trademark. Examples are diSCO(tm)mfort,
diSCO(tm)mmodity, MoSCO(tm)w.
SCO, in the attempt to protect its trademark, and the legitimate interests of its stock owners, will sue everyone who uses any of these words without permission.
Right now, the legal department of SCO is reviewing european word lists, and is expecting to find a huge amount of diSCO(tm)ompliance to the trademark and IP laws.
cpghost at Cordula's Web.
How to say "shove your licenses up where the sun doesn't shine" in several different languages.
In unrelated news, UnixWare will now support localized error messages.
FRENCH RIFLES: Never fired, just dropped.
Meanwhile, bystanders will be murmurming to each other:
And I, for one, welcome our new crack smoking overlords.
Really, I know what I'm doing...Ohhhh, look at the shiny buttons!
AND
Never engage in a battle of wits with a Sicilian."
Anyone know if they will go for Italy as well, because I have a feeling that Mr. McBride is not very suited for a battle of wits, and I highly doubt he has built up a tolerance for iocane(sp?) powder.
Ah ha ha ha ha. Ah ha ha ha ha. Ah ha ha--
*interactive civilian falls over and dies.*
"Empathise with stupidity, and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot." - Iain M. Banks
It's time to turn "sco" into a generic noun and a generic verb.
Noun definition: "a loser who resorts to deceitful or coersive tactics due to a lack of imagination or principles." Synonymous with "scumbag." Also, "a fraudulent or coercive scheme." Synonymous with "scam."
For example, "That sco tried to rip me off!" and "Don't fall for that, it's just a sco."
Verb definition: "to deceive or coerce someone, or obtain something through deceit or coersion, due to a lack of imagination or principles, or a combination of laziness and greed." Synonymous with "to screw."
For example, "They tried to sco me, but I didn't fall for it."
There's a certain poetic justice in this. SCO is trying to take something that belongs to *all of us* and make it exclusively *theirs*. Turning their name into a generic noun and verb, turns the tables and makes something that is/was "theirs" into something that belongs to *everyone*. Best part is, they can't stop it!
Which part is "WE SURRENDER"?
What's the difference between Darl McBride and a car battery?
A car battery has a positive side!
> French people are rude an impolite anyways :)
;-)
This is simply untrue, you fucking son of a bitch !
Votez ecolo : Chiez dans l'urne !
Don't forget to go to search google for "French Military Victories" and click the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button! ;)