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SCO Licenses Now Available
wes33 writes "Now available at the
SCO website, genuine
licenses permitting you to use SCO IP
that is 'necessary for you to run Linux'. And they take VISA.
Looks like they're saying that any code that is
similar to Unix code counts as their
Unix code!?
Actually, the agreement needs analysis.
It looks to me that you're paying for a pig
in a poke, but IANAL. Here's some of the meat:
'"UNIX-based Code'" shall mean any Code or Method that: (i) in its literal or non-literal expression, structure, format, use, functionality or adaptation (ii) is based on, developed in, derived from or is similar to (iii) any Code contained in or Method devised or developed in (iv) UNIX System V or UnixWare(R), or (v) any modification or derivative work based on or licensed under UNIX System V or UnixWare. ...
Provided You pay the applicable license fee and complete the required registration of the COLA, SCO grants You the right to use all, or portions of, the SCO IP only as necessary to use the Operating System on each System for which the appropriate CPUs have been licensed from SCO.'" The linked page says this so-called license applies only to commercial use.
You're missing the point here. Under our current administration, the viewpoint is this:
People who work for free, and give their product away, are not only not contributing to the economy, but also detracting from it because people are using a free product instead of one that costs money. Since business is more important to the shrub than people, it is obvious that we will never see any action on the part of this government against SCO. In fact, I am sure that in some back room, the administration has cut a non-action agreement with SCO and M$ to let this happen and try to get rid of Linux. After all, it's better for the economy, and therefore the shrub's reelection chances, for people to be spending money....
Feel free to tell them what you think! But be aware that they are running a bad word filter so you can't swear too much hehe cac@sco.com
This is an outrage. i am seing all of these SCO kiss my ass and SCO suxors posts, but the fact is that you as Linux and GPL users are guilty of letting this happen, where is RMS, and Linus why hasn't every company using Linux filed suit against SCO by letting them make these claims Linux Will die. the fact is that 99% of the people who are aware of the SCO Linux controversy believe that SCO will win SCO has already won the public opinion, and now the legal opinion is next. unless SCO is inundated with law suits and public outcry Linux will cease to exist. this is not a troll post the other day i mentioned this to my boss and he believed that SCO owned Linux, after talking to about 10 non technical geeks i realized that they all believed that SCO was going to win, why dint you try the same experiment and you will see that the rest of the world thinks that SCO is right. there is only one way to change this, fight fire with fire, sue SCO call your DA and charge SCO for fraud, call the sec write your senator and explain to everyone you know why you are convinced that SCO is wrong. but i encourage you talk to a few non geeks, ask them about SCO and you will be terrified to see that most normal people believe that Linux is infringing on SCO.
THIS IS NOT A TROLL
i like Linux its a great OS and i would hate to see it die before it had a chance to bloom. fight back, sue write and talk to non geeks.
Sounds like this would be a good place to use stolen cc information. SCO better check it out -- they might crow about having many licensees, only to discover that all the cc data is stolen :-P
;-)
If a cc thief would use a bot to register a random license for each cc number using the appropriate name and billing address... SCO would have to check each and every registration for cc piracy. That would slow 'em down a bit
------------ note: this post does not in any way condone stealing personal information, much less using it.