I first tried installing GNU/Linux two years ago. I downloaded Debian, burned a CD, and then, knowing DOS and Windows commands, fiddled blindly with a command prompt. Then I tried Mandrake. And a few other random names I found by searching on linux.org. But none of them worked. Why? One word: X. Of course, once I knew where to look, I found a compatible config file and copied it in, but not really even knowing where to look, and having to use lynx (Which I use all the time now, but it was confusing then) to find things... just not really the way I wanted to spend my time.
1.4 "Linux Desktop System" means a single user computer workstation controlled by a single instance of the Linux Operating System... It may not host services for clients on other systems.
Let me get this straight. They want me to buy this license. (well, maybe not right now, but they have hinted before that they intend to go after non-commercial users at some point in the future. And I'm not sure I'd trust them if they said they were leaving home users alone) But almost everyone I know who has a GNU/Linux box also runs sshd. Among other "service hosting"-type daemons. IANAL, but it seems to me that they are prohibiting that sort of thing. Which makes me wonder - are they really trying to make money, or just to piss us all off?
(Not that I ever had any doubt about that. But it's just more reassurance that we're right.)
Well, never mind. It's apparently my place of work blocking me - if I ssh out to somewhere else, I can connect. It's quite interesting - I can log into other FTP sites, but SCO keeps disconnecting me.
Perhaps my employers have decided to keep us out of such horrible things as SCO.
It appears that they finally realized that they were distributing two conflicting licenses - log in and they welcome you -
Welcome to SCO's FTP Site!
- and then immediately close the connection.
It's not very nice of them. But I suppose that I don't deserve them being nice to me - I'm infringing their IP... "All distributions of Linux 2.4 and later versions of the kernel contain major infringments, regardless of whether Linux is being used in a commercial or non-commercial environment." - Their FAQ
It's funny to read the "Excerpts from Complaint." Apparently, IBM working to make Linux better - whether contributing "illegal" IP or not - is part of their suit. It makes me sick.
Slashdot Mirror
I first tried installing GNU/Linux two years ago. I downloaded Debian, burned a CD, and then, knowing DOS and Windows commands, fiddled blindly with a command prompt. Then I tried Mandrake. And a few other random names I found by searching on linux.org. But none of them worked. Why? One word: X.
Of course, once I knew where to look, I found a compatible config file and copied it in, but not really even knowing where to look, and having to use lynx (Which I use all the time now, but it was confusing then) to find things... just not really the way I wanted to spend my time.
1.4 "Linux Desktop System" means a single user computer workstation controlled by a single instance of the Linux Operating System... It may not host services for clients on other systems.
Let me get this straight. They want me to buy this license. (well, maybe not right now, but they have hinted before that they intend to go after non-commercial users at some point in the future. And I'm not sure I'd trust them if they said they were leaving home users alone) But almost everyone I know who has a GNU/Linux box also runs sshd. Among other "service hosting"-type daemons. IANAL, but it seems to me that they are prohibiting that sort of thing. Which makes me wonder - are they really trying to make money, or just to piss us all off?
(Not that I ever had any doubt about that. But it's just more reassurance that we're right.)
Well, never mind. It's apparently my place of work blocking me - if I ssh out to somewhere else, I can connect. It's quite interesting - I can log into other FTP sites, but SCO keeps disconnecting me. Perhaps my employers have decided to keep us out of such horrible things as SCO.
It's not very nice of them. But I suppose that I don't deserve them being nice to me - I'm infringing their IP...
"All distributions of Linux 2.4 and later versions of the kernel contain major infringments, regardless of whether Linux is being used in a commercial or non-commercial environment." - Their FAQ
It's funny to read the "Excerpts from Complaint." Apparently, IBM working to make Linux better - whether contributing "illegal" IP or not - is part of their suit. It makes me sick.