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SCO Says No Way To a GPL Solaris, Moves Trial Back

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-change-of-the-times dept.

penguino writes "Looks like it didn't take long for SCO to formally respond to claims by Sun that it will open source Solaris. According to SCO 'they [Sun] still have licence restrictions that would prevent them from contributing our licensed works wholesale to the GPL'. The company has also released a statement dated June 8 that 'SCO is making a motion to move the scheduled trial date to September 2005 and split IBM's counterclaims into a separate case'. Also quoted is AUUG president and FreeBSD developer Greg Lehey who recommends 'that the best thing for IBM to do would be to print out every single version as requested and send the resultant 20 tonnes or so of paper to SCO. That would keep them quiet for a while'."

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  1. seen/done almost everything, still thirsty? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    try this strange brew, that's good for you, & freely distributable too.

    1. Re:seen/done almost everything, still thirsty? by YOU+LIKEWISE+FAIL+IT · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I know this is offtopic, but you have to be fucking kidding me. This stuff is a biological contamination timebomb waiting to go off. You're basically making a giant tea / sugar / fungus culture, and then drinking the stuff that comes out the bottom.

      Now I know Slashdotters aren't always the brightest of people, but surely you see why this isn't a good idea. Here's an FDA bulletin about contamination risks, a CDC article on possible related illness resulting in death - possibly a result of lactic acidosis brought on by this extremely acid drink. Finally, from my faithful companion the Australian Adverse Drug Reactions Bulletin, another report including such delights as rashes, fever, rigors, nausea, vomiting, impaired liver function, elevated white cell count and hepatitis.

      Please don't try this at home.

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  2. Apple has straddled the line... by ross_winn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...so why not SCO as well?

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    Ross Winn "not just another ugly face..."
  3. Re:Reverse by DarkSarin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think its funny....

    seriously, I think somebody has their sarcasm/humor detector broken.

    If you modded doug down, think about it this way--it would have been just as funny with almost any other politician's name instead of John Kerry. If you had happened to dislike said politician, mr. moderator, then you probably would have marked it as funny, not flamebait.

    for me, it's hilarious. I would have still laughed if he had said bush, but not as hard. Why not? Bush, despite his many other failings, is not known for his reversals of position in the same way that Kerry is. So it's not as funny.

    WIth Kerry's name, however, its amusing. Not politically correct, but I don't really think its flamebait either.

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  4. Death of Trees by DreadSpoon · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I don't know about the rest of you, but I think nature is pretty swell. Forests are beautiful. Some of the best places on our planet.

    'that the best thing for IBM to do would be to print out every single version as requested and send the resultant 20 tonnes or so of paper to SCO. That would keep them quiet for a while'.

    Do we _really_ need to encourage wholesale destruction of every tree on our planet for something so incredibly stupid as the assholes at SCO? Seriously, can't you just electronically send all that code? DVDs or something? Just a small handful of them would be all that's needed, if you need more than one at all.

  5. Re:Update as of Wednesday ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    umm, since when is it considered offtopic to correct ones own statement?