It will now offer SCO UnixWare licenses tailored to support run-time, binary use of Linux for all commercial users of Linux based on the 2.4 kernel and later.
Once the multitudes have fled the GPL security of the bona fide Linux and purchased the UnixWare license, the trap will be sprung. When 'critical' mass of those buying this license is reached, Microsoft and SCO will announce a merger where Microsoft will essentially buy SCO.
To put in more figurative terms, SCO is a 12-pounder cannon on the HMS Microsoft that is trying to blast the masts off of OSS Linux while the two are at broadsides. Once the main mast is broken, HMS Microsoft will wheel along side and try to dispatch the crew of OSS Linux.
What might be an insideous treason would be if SCO and Microsoft had this agreement some years back and SCO intentionally allowed its 'patented' and its 'copyrighted' source into Linux long before, and now are exploiting the treason.
Heck, even in grade school when we had to use CD encyclopedia's we were taught to use more than one keyword.
Hmm, when I was in grade school, we only had the paper variety. Come to think of it, we still had paper encyclopedia when I was in college. Showing my age? Was I born on the wrong side of the Digital Divide?
Let's face it, Gates seems to have found a chink in open source armor. I opine that he has (encouraged|abetted|paid) SCO along its current course of action. This is the FUD campaign to end all FUD campaigns.
"Hey, SCO. How about you go after Linux like gang-busters. We'll underwrite your legal fees."
Actually, free reg requires a valid email id. It thus filters most bogus registrations
I know what you mean. For a while, my 'valid' email ID was 'root@nytimes.com,' but they eventually caught up to me. Now it's 'sales@nytimes.com.' And if you think there is any legitimate information in my registration, then you would be in error.
Ron Bell, a part-time English instructor on Naval bases and a Newport News history buff, campaigned hard in 1994 to have the CVN-76 aircraft carrier named after the man dubbed the "father of Naval aviation," Eugene B. Ely.
While I tip my hat to the man who fathered Naval aviation, I think it imprudent to name a ship after him at present. First, Eugene is not the most masculine of names, so the USS Teddy Roosevelt could start picking on it. Then there are the implications that the ship may wrap tape around its radar for cushioning.
Seriously, though, that eight of ten carriers in the class are named after ex-presidents, the trend should remain; the carrier name was signed by Mr. Clinton as well. Perhaps the next generation of Aircraft Carriers could be dubbed the "Ely Class"?
Please don't forget Americans (and other nationalities) of Estonian decent who either returned to the country to help rebuild, or helped others to do so.
I have an uncle who is first-generation US born Czech, and because of his long, successful career in logisitics and economics, spent at least one year of his life working with the Czech government to rebuild its infrastructure.
It is good that the government had so many youthful leaders, but there were those on the outside helping out. You can't create that level of change in half a generation without a good deal of fiscal support and training.
I agree with this proposal. If the US Government is paying for the research, they should be able to expect ownership of the IP. Since the USG isn't in the business of IP hoarding, then they instead have it released into the Public Domain.
The research does not have to be federally funded. So, if this condition is too much for the research team, then perhaps they should seek alternate funding. Then the altruism of the doner may allow the research team to keep the IP.
However, don't forget those riders won't go into effect until 2005. We have a Consitutional Amendment to respect. Besides, Congress already passed a bill giving them perpetual pay raises.
Actually, Eric's FAQ says the Berne treaty has a term limit of "life of the author plus 50 years."
Judging by the FAQ alone, the registration is seen as a formality, while the assumption is that a tax may not be viewed as a formality. The formality is what is at issue here. Since the Berne is concerned about this, and since the law as currently proposed seeks to avoid conflict of whether or not a tax is a formality, I say just call it a registration and be done with it. The recommendation that the IRS become involved in this is, IMO, silly.
The assertion made is that whomever choses to maintain a copyright is already paying income taxes on it has problems. What if I owned a non-profiting copyright but did not want it released into the Public Domain yet? I would not be paying income taxes on it--yet I would have to go through a rigamaroll tax form to appease the IRS. If you think this will never happen, remember that we humans are fickle like that.
Additionally, IIRC, the Library of Congress monitors copyrights, so what if there is a failure of communication between these two bureaucracies? Don't expect them to be responsive to the needs of the former copyright holder. They'll inadvertently release the copyright on the work and "Big Entertainment" Pictures will make a block buster movie based upon said work and will win in court because they, "did not know they were treading on a tax delinquient's copyright."
I like the idea. Grant copyrights automatically for the first fifty years, or so; then levy a nominal registration fee to extend. If the Berne Treaty is in the way, find out how to renegotiate said treaty. Hell, make our law at twenty years "or the minimum imposed by the Berne Treaty" and fight to conform that treaty to US law. I mean, it looks like we probably did that once before, anyway.
Either way, the tax/fee should be based upon the copyright holder's ability to pay. If it's Disney, then make them pay according to their abilities. If it's Joe Schmuck Average, then a lower fee. This may not seem fair as all should pay equally, but what will happen is Big Entertainment will lobby that tax/fee to be raised to a level such that Uncle Joe can't afford, so he'll release his copyright into 'their' Public Domain. So, set the tax/fee according to the 'current economic earnings' of the work.
How about a triangle, similar to the one used as warning markers for US farm equipment, and a pair of circles looking like binoculars perhaps resembling the infinity symbol (Slashdot is afraid to let me use "& infin;"). The triangle gives warning, the binoculars suggests you're being watched, the infinity symbol resemblance to say "we're always watching you."
If you're really concerned, in one of the circles, put the sillhouette of a woman--you peeping Tom, you.
I disagree. The widget should remain the same, but the Microsoft Borg widget should be inserted behind it and made 50 percent transparent. I opine that SCO is doing this at the bidding of M$. After all, does this ploy not directly benefit their FUD tactics?
Identical chunks of code and comments do not prove copying or copyright infringement.
How so? I thought that any excerpt of a work that is identifiable was still under copyright. By that I mean that you can't claim that my 'the' was stolen from one of your copyrighted works; but if I lifted a paragraph verbatim from your work and placed it in my work without citation, then it is copyright theft.
So, if code and comments are identical and in chunks, then aren't we presented with the same condition? I think so, especially when a 'chunk' so happens to be a complete subroutine. You infer that in your paragraph, but I think comments, routine names and variable names make the chunk of code identifiable and can substantiate a claim of copyright violation. Please clarify my misunderstanding.
"Woolston said he is 'walking on sunshine' over of the favorable verdict. The former technology expert for the CIA has prevailed in patent violation cases with other Internet companies before, including GoTo.com, now Overture Services. He enforced his patents with online car seller AutoTrader.com, which offers auctions as part of its service. He's also in the midst of a patent dispute with Priceline.com." [Emphasis mine]
When companies sue, lawyers profit. Looks like a profitable e-commerce business model now exists where the e-commerce business is sued for violating questionable patents. What we really need is for the US Supreme Court to overrule the previous ruling that business practices are patentable. This would ease the burden on the USPTO and quash these law suits.
[ . . . ]is that the evil computers are running Unix?!
Well, if a computer has to decide which is the most reliable, secure operating system to work with, would you expect to see Windows NT or Mac? What you should be saying is, "choosy computers chose Unix."
Here comes the political grenade, and I shall jump on it. "Tragic accidents" like this can be avoided by liberal use of the death penalty. Estabilsh draconian capital felony sentencing guidelines (i.e., if you commit a capital felony, you've got five years from sentencing to prove innocence or your dead). If individuals of this sort are executed, then it is logical to assume that that individual shan't commit another capital offense.
While it is true that individuals on death row are being exonerated via DNA evidence, it is reasonable to assume that prosecuters will use DNA evidence more in the future to secure a conviction. With the penalty set so high, then the jury should be more sober in their judgement. One interesting fact in the US is that, while the government (through their designated attorney) files charges against such criminals, it is the local population in the body of a jury who convicts and sentences. So, let the people speak.
Have the money wired to an offshore account in a country where banking is confidential (e.g. Switzerland), and then extract the money from said account in a country where the US does not have an extradition treaty.
I saw the movie last night, good flick. However, there's one scene where there are *a lot* of small televisions. One of the characters is discussing the great evil in our history, and the monitors depicted many evil acts and a few villans. However, I also noticed that President Bush actually received more 'monitor' space than Hitler and Ayatollah Khomeni. A blatent political statement?
I bought the original game on the manual alone. My first day with the game was a Friday, so I started at 3p and stopped the first round of playing the next morning around 6a. So, you can bet that I'll buy the new version.
I lost my map in the first week, but by then I developed to the point where I didn't need the map. However, my brother did, so I spent a good deal of time plotting every-stinking-square on the game on graph paper!
You know, I made a comment a short while ago about another Slashdot article. I observed that the author of the story
referenced did not really care about an email tax to detract spam. His real goal was to try to help justify Internet sales tax. At the time I figured some bill would come out doing just that. Guess I was right.
That's odd, we're an all Unix shop and so our Tivoli storage manager is viewed on Netscape (4.79). So, I'm a bit surprised to see that you need to maintain connectivity with the Tivoli system. Also surprised since IBM has a Linix port (previous Slashdot article).
He also has a patent on the "use of the Internet to display, via browsing GUI device, person(s) in various states of undress; may also include various suggestive poses." He plans on going after sites that infringe on his patent. I wonder what impact this will have on the Internet.
The problem is not that we are missing ninety percent of the Universe. The problem is that our formulae are wrong. I mean, scientists have been crunching the numbers and all, but they just haven't figured it out yet. Because it doesn't add up, they have to lump in the whole dark matter bit. And, you cannot use the Chewbacca Defense.
Perhaps we have to come up with better theories that explain the observations rather than say that the observations are wrong. Maybe the reason why we only account for ten percent of the Universe is because that's all there is.
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It will now offer SCO UnixWare licenses tailored to support run-time, binary use of Linux for all commercial users of Linux based on the 2.4 kernel and later.
Once the multitudes have fled the GPL security of the bona fide Linux and purchased the UnixWare license, the trap will be sprung. When 'critical' mass of those buying this license is reached, Microsoft and SCO will announce a merger where Microsoft will essentially buy SCO.
To put in more figurative terms, SCO is a 12-pounder cannon on the HMS Microsoft that is trying to blast the masts off of OSS Linux while the two are at broadsides. Once the main mast is broken, HMS Microsoft will wheel along side and try to dispatch the crew of OSS Linux.
What might be an insideous treason would be if SCO and Microsoft had this agreement some years back and SCO intentionally allowed its 'patented' and its 'copyrighted' source into Linux long before, and now are exploiting the treason.
Of course, this is all my opinion. :-)
Prepare to repel boarders!
Heck, even in grade school when we had to use CD encyclopedia's we were taught to use more than one keyword.
Hmm, when I was in grade school, we only had the paper variety. Come to think of it, we still had paper encyclopedia when I was in college. Showing my age? Was I born on the wrong side of the Digital Divide?
Let's face it, Gates seems to have found a chink in open source armor. I opine that he has (encouraged|abetted|paid) SCO along its current course of action. This is the FUD campaign to end all FUD campaigns.
"Hey, SCO. How about you go after Linux like gang-busters. We'll underwrite your legal fees."
At least you're not as ambitious as Tom Jefferson. He thought one revolution every generation sufficient.
Actually, free reg requires a valid email id. It thus filters most bogus registrations
I know what you mean. For a while, my 'valid' email ID was 'root@nytimes.com,' but they eventually caught up to me. Now it's 'sales@nytimes.com.' And if you think there is any legitimate information in my registration, then you would be in error.
While I tip my hat to the man who fathered Naval aviation, I think it imprudent to name a ship after him at present. First, Eugene is not the most masculine of names, so the USS Teddy Roosevelt could start picking on it. Then there are the implications that the ship may wrap tape around its radar for cushioning.
Seriously, though, that eight of ten carriers in the class are named after ex-presidents, the trend should remain; the carrier name was signed by Mr. Clinton as well. Perhaps the next generation of Aircraft Carriers could be dubbed the "Ely Class"?
Please don't forget Americans (and other nationalities) of Estonian decent who either returned to the country to help rebuild, or helped others to do so.
I have an uncle who is first-generation US born Czech, and because of his long, successful career in logisitics and economics, spent at least one year of his life working with the Czech government to rebuild its infrastructure.
It is good that the government had so many youthful leaders, but there were those on the outside helping out. You can't create that level of change in half a generation without a good deal of fiscal support and training.
I agree with this proposal. If the US Government is paying for the research, they should be able to expect ownership of the IP. Since the USG isn't in the business of IP hoarding, then they instead have it released into the Public Domain.
The research does not have to be federally funded. So, if this condition is too much for the research team, then perhaps they should seek alternate funding. Then the altruism of the doner may allow the research team to keep the IP.
However, don't forget those riders won't go into effect until 2005. We have a Consitutional Amendment to respect. Besides, Congress already passed a bill giving them perpetual pay raises.
Does there exist a PAC in the United States that focuses on the same issues that EFF follows?
Hmm, I'll bite. I run a . . . PAC. Yeah. Just send your money to the address below, and I'll use it to buy giggle off some politicians.
Dausha's PAC123 Penney Lane
Little Rock, AR 72212
Grand Cayman
Actually, Eric's FAQ says the Berne treaty has a term limit of "life of the author plus 50 years."
Judging by the FAQ alone, the registration is seen as a formality, while the assumption is that a tax may not be viewed as a formality. The formality is what is at issue here. Since the Berne is concerned about this, and since the law as currently proposed seeks to avoid conflict of whether or not a tax is a formality, I say just call it a registration and be done with it. The recommendation that the IRS become involved in this is, IMO, silly.
The assertion made is that whomever choses to maintain a copyright is already paying income taxes on it has problems. What if I owned a non-profiting copyright but did not want it released into the Public Domain yet? I would not be paying income taxes on it--yet I would have to go through a rigamaroll tax form to appease the IRS. If you think this will never happen, remember that we humans are fickle like that.
Additionally, IIRC, the Library of Congress monitors copyrights, so what if there is a failure of communication between these two bureaucracies? Don't expect them to be responsive to the needs of the former copyright holder. They'll inadvertently release the copyright on the work and "Big Entertainment" Pictures will make a block buster movie based upon said work and will win in court because they, "did not know they were treading on a tax delinquient's copyright."
I like the idea. Grant copyrights automatically for the first fifty years, or so; then levy a nominal registration fee to extend. If the Berne Treaty is in the way, find out how to renegotiate said treaty. Hell, make our law at twenty years "or the minimum imposed by the Berne Treaty" and fight to conform that treaty to US law. I mean, it looks like we probably did that once before, anyway.
Either way, the tax/fee should be based upon the copyright holder's ability to pay. If it's Disney, then make them pay according to their abilities. If it's Joe Schmuck Average, then a lower fee. This may not seem fair as all should pay equally, but what will happen is Big Entertainment will lobby that tax/fee to be raised to a level such that Uncle Joe can't afford, so he'll release his copyright into 'their' Public Domain. So, set the tax/fee according to the 'current economic earnings' of the work.
How about a triangle, similar to the one used as warning markers for US farm equipment, and a pair of circles looking like binoculars perhaps resembling the infinity symbol (Slashdot is afraid to let me use "& infin;"). The triangle gives warning, the binoculars suggests you're being watched, the infinity symbol resemblance to say "we're always watching you."
If you're really concerned, in one of the circles, put the sillhouette of a woman--you peeping Tom, you.
I disagree. The widget should remain the same, but the Microsoft Borg widget should be inserted behind it and made 50 percent transparent. I opine that SCO is doing this at the bidding of M$. After all, does this ploy not directly benefit their FUD tactics?
Identical chunks of code and comments do not prove copying or copyright infringement.
How so? I thought that any excerpt of a work that is identifiable was still under copyright. By that I mean that you can't claim that my 'the' was stolen from one of your copyrighted works; but if I lifted a paragraph verbatim from your work and placed it in my work without citation, then it is copyright theft.
So, if code and comments are identical and in chunks, then aren't we presented with the same condition? I think so, especially when a 'chunk' so happens to be a complete subroutine. You infer that in your paragraph, but I think comments, routine names and variable names make the chunk of code identifiable and can substantiate a claim of copyright violation. Please clarify my misunderstanding.
From the Article:
"Woolston said he is 'walking on sunshine' over of the favorable verdict. The former technology expert for the CIA has prevailed in patent violation cases with other Internet companies before, including GoTo.com, now Overture Services. He enforced his patents with online car seller AutoTrader.com, which offers auctions as part of its service. He's also in the midst of a patent dispute with Priceline.com." [Emphasis mine]
When companies sue, lawyers profit. Looks like a profitable e-commerce business model now exists where the e-commerce business is sued for violating questionable patents. What we really need is for the US Supreme Court to overrule the previous ruling that business practices are patentable. This would ease the burden on the USPTO and quash these law suits.
Yes, but in all likelihood those scanned images are being put onto faulty hard drives and not being backed up.
[ . . . ]is that the evil computers are running Unix?!
Well, if a computer has to decide which is the most reliable, secure operating system to work with, would you expect to see Windows NT or Mac? What you should be saying is, "choosy computers chose Unix."
Your comments?
Here comes the political grenade, and I shall jump on it. "Tragic accidents" like this can be avoided by liberal use of the death penalty. Estabilsh draconian capital felony sentencing guidelines (i.e., if you commit a capital felony, you've got five years from sentencing to prove innocence or your dead). If individuals of this sort are executed, then it is logical to assume that that individual shan't commit another capital offense.
While it is true that individuals on death row are being exonerated via DNA evidence, it is reasonable to assume that prosecuters will use DNA evidence more in the future to secure a conviction. With the penalty set so high, then the jury should be more sober in their judgement. One interesting fact in the US is that, while the government (through their designated attorney) files charges against such criminals, it is the local population in the body of a jury who convicts and sentences. So, let the people speak.
How do you collect the money and get away[?]
Have the money wired to an offshore account in a country where banking is confidential (e.g. Switzerland), and then extract the money from said account in a country where the US does not have an extradition treaty.
I saw the movie last night, good flick. However, there's one scene where there are *a lot* of small televisions. One of the characters is discussing the great evil in our history, and the monitors depicted many evil acts and a few villans. However, I also noticed that President Bush actually received more 'monitor' space than Hitler and Ayatollah Khomeni. A blatent political statement?
I bought the original game on the manual alone. My first day with the game was a Friday, so I started at 3p and stopped the first round of playing the next morning around 6a. So, you can bet that I'll buy the new version.
I lost my map in the first week, but by then I developed to the point where I didn't need the map. However, my brother did, so I spent a good deal of time plotting every-stinking-square on the game on graph paper!
You know, I made a comment a short while ago about another Slashdot article. I observed that the author of the story referenced did not really care about an email tax to detract spam. His real goal was to try to help justify Internet sales tax. At the time I figured some bill would come out doing just that. Guess I was right.
That's odd, we're an all Unix shop and so our Tivoli storage manager is viewed on Netscape (4.79). So, I'm a bit surprised to see that you need to maintain connectivity with the Tivoli system. Also surprised since IBM has a Linix port (previous Slashdot article).
He also has a patent on the "use of the Internet to display, via browsing GUI device, person(s) in various states of undress; may also include various suggestive poses." He plans on going after sites that infringe on his patent. I wonder what impact this will have on the Internet.
The problem is not that we are missing ninety percent of the Universe. The problem is that our formulae are wrong. I mean, scientists have been crunching the numbers and all, but they just haven't figured it out yet. Because it doesn't add up, they have to lump in the whole dark matter bit. And, you cannot use the Chewbacca Defense.
Perhaps we have to come up with better theories that explain the observations rather than say that the observations are wrong. Maybe the reason why we only account for ten percent of the Universe is because that's all there is.
Perhaps, even The Big Bang Never Happened . Or, perhaps not.