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50K Linux Man Bites At Merkey.net

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the guy-must-hate-speech dept.

magnany writes "In a recent article, former TRG CEO Jeff V. Merkey had offered to pay 50K USD for a BSD-licensed Linux. Groklaw did a followup on his offer, to which Jeff responded by notifying the FBI of Groklaw's 'hate crimes violation.' Merkey doesn't exactly have a great record, either, which is made even more apparent by his recent threats to file suit against Merkey.net for slander and trademark infringement, amongst others. In addition, he has also reported Merkey.net to the FBI's hate crime department. What could Merkey.net do to get Jeff V. Merkey off their backs?"

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  1. Sue him for libel by n0alpha · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He's clearly trying to defame GrokLaw and put it's credibility into question. Why not sue him for libel, and tack on a charge that he's trying to con the Linux community into selling their nestegg to him for a mere pittance of what he would make if the deal went through?

  2. -1 Troll - come on.. by Artega+VH · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why are responsible slashdotters encouraged to ignore trolls but such a blatant one gets an entire story? After the very professional way the kernel developers tore him apart you'd think the issue would be over.

    Don't feed the trolls!

    --
    groklaw, wired and slashdot. The holy trinity of work based time wasting.
  3. Litigation. by colonslashslash · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Ahh, another step towards this lovely age of "if it moves, litigate it, if it doesn't, litigate its next of kin".

    It's so pathetic. When does it all end?

    --
    She's built like a steak house, but she handles like a bistro....
  4. Re:Interesting Merkey Post by iota · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Interesting bit:

    Linus Torvalds (and myself) are entitled to apolgies from GrokLaw, and SCO regarding
    their false and misleading claims Linus missappropriated trade secrets or infringed their
    copyrights and that I was involved in a scheme with SCO to further their false,
    misleading, and libelous allegations. Groklaw has also posted numerous emails and
    comments attributed to me which I did not author which libel Linus and myself, and
    were designed to create and perpetuate animosity in the Linux Community.

    ... and ...

    I thank Linus Torvalds for being a true friend and working with me to resolve these
    issues, despite all the heat and mud flying around.

    Seems like he's just trying to associate his name as closely as he can with Linus (and thus represent an "official" linux line) ... Or maybe he and Linus really are buddies...