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USENIX Responds to SCO; Fyodor Pulls NMap

Posted by michael on from the tit-for-tat dept.

ronys writes "The venerable USENIX organization has written a fine response to SCO's letter to Congress. As they point out, 'USENIX was here before SCO. USENIX was here before Linux.' Short and well written." And Reece Arnott writes: "As part of the NMap Press Release for the latest version of NMap, is a statement that explicitly revokes SCO's licence to redistribute it. From the press release: 'SCO Corporation of Lindon, Utah (formerly Caldera) has lately taken to an extortion campaign of demanding license fees from Linux users for code that they themselves knowingly distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. They have also refused to accept the GPL, claiming that some preposterous theory of theirs makes it invalid (and even unconstitutional)! Meanwhile they have distributed GPL-licensed Nmap in (at least) their "Supplemental Open Source CD". In response to these blatant violations, and in accordance with section 4 of the GPL, we hereby terminate SCO's rights to redistribute any versions of Nmap in any of their products, including (without limitation) OpenLinux, Skunkware, OpenServer, and UNIXWare. We have also stopped supporting the OpenServer and UNIXWare platforms.'"

5 of 846 comments (clear)

  1. Bully for you... by lauterm · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Good job. It is nice to see someone finally call SCO on the whole the GPL is invalid but we think we can still use software released under it issue.

  2. Dear Community, by kortex · · Score: 0, Redundant

    God please let this be a TREND. I also would submit that the Samba group would be the next logical bitch slap in the gauntlet that SCO has so nicely laid before themselves. Losing that would really hurt.

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    -- kortex "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts"
  3. Criminal?? by IamGarageGuy+2 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Anybody who screws a troll around is alright in my books. Why not post with your name instead of hiding behind AC. Some people like to read the articles here without accidentally hitting a link to tubgirl and goatse. Did it ever occur to you that there may be young children nearby? I assume that you have no moral character in you or personal responsibility.

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    Stay tuned for new sig...
  4. Open letter to SCO by BoneFlower · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Please die.

  5. [VERY OT] I Agree/I Do Not Agree & GPL by bhtooefr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It would be sort of like you clicking "I Do Not Agree" on a Windows installation, then somehow getting the software installed anyway. Microsoft wouldn't RETRACT your license, rather, they'd sue you because you're using the software without one.

    Of course, this is one problem with most installers for GPL apps. You see, clicking "I Agree" lets you install it. However, clicking "I Do Not Agree", rather than showing something saying that you cannot distribute or modify it, and then installing, prevents installation.