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  1. Re:Copyright status of UNIX headers on SCO Invokes DMCA, Names Headers, Novell Steps In · · Score: 1

    It helps a lot.
    Thank you.

  2. Are BSD headers copyrightables ? on SCO Invokes DMCA, Names Headers, Novell Steps In · · Score: 1

    I have one question: are the BSD header files subject to copyright ? I really tought that these files were declared as "no copyrightables" in 1973 ... Could someone explain this better ? Thank you.

  3. Re:Brazil is the oddest place on the planet on Brazilian Government Continues Push For Free Software · · Score: 1

    We got 30 year of military dictatorship financed by US. We had less than 20 years of freedom to rebuild it all. We lost a lot of good minds to torture during those difficult years ... and that does not help much, because now we have to rebuild our elite minds to begin the growing process. Yes, we have a lot of problems. Poverty and misery inside the big cities are one of the worst. Corruption and incompetence in a lot of levels still exists, but we are fighting it. The Cesium problem (20 years ago in Goiania) could happen in any other place today, because it is an educational problem and education is becoming worst each day. But, we have a very good people, and we are learning about each one responsabilities in this process. Oddest place? No, we have a very beautiful and very rich place with a lot of problems. Actually, our democratic instituitions are stable and being renewed each election. And we have the results of each election less than 48 hours after them, ever being one of the bigest country in the world. But are you so better ? Iraqi invaded to justify the control of a handful of families over the US oil ... An educational model that is creating serial killers and drug consumers ... Racism and Nazism growing in Europe ... A patent law that is the actual joke of the software community (SCO case example) ... Terrorism, hate, fanatism ... Guy, we all have problems ... and they are growing ... We, Brazilians, are learning and begining to deal with ours. And you ?

  4. SCO path on SCO Prepares To Sue Linux End Users · · Score: 3, Interesting

    SCO path is very clear to me ...

    They were very close to bankruptcy before they begun with this all.
    Then, they challenge IBM with two objectives: burst up their stock options and sell the company to IBM.
    When IBM opted to challenge them back, they got in BIG trouble, and now they need to stay in the media and try to get some funds anywhere to maintain their points. If they did not it, they will be accepting that they tried to manipulate the stock options, and will be in serious trouble ?

    Now, they are looking for the end users because they are easier to extort. In this case, they will not try to chase everyone, but only a carefully choose handful to stay in the media and to bring fear to the others. Some of them will fail and send money to them, and this money will be used to maintain the process against others ?

    In their position, now I will try to make some very public agreements with some minor users and make a BIG media show with that. They need to stay in the media.

    The only way to protect us all against them is:

    1. do not send any money to them.
    2. talk to everyone you know about what they are trying and that they have to saty against it.

    We have one thing that they do not. We have a great community in the INTERNET.
    We need to use it, and the information we have, against them.

    I do not know how your government works (I'm Brazilian), but if they did not block this patern very soon, your software development will became a real mess?