This is rediculous, but could you imagine what would happen if this actually succeded? SCO wants GLP code placed in the public domain, this must mean they realize that they're in volation of the GPL and will have the last shreds of thier business destroyed if a large organization sues them over it.
Redhat 10? There isn't going to be a redhat 10 as you know it, try the Fedora project. I don't see why anyone would want to run a distro with broken mp3 support and crippled KDE as a desktop anyways.
SCO is in blatent violation of the GPL and they continue to include GPL software as if they owned it. If we legally force SCO to stop using OSS, then we stop SCO from existing.
This may be only a taste of what is to come. DMCA, perpetual copyright extension, it's obvious that the large media companies (along with M$) own enough politicians that they can push almost any violation of digital rights through congress.
How long before this sort of thing will be required for "national security" reasons making linux illegal? Apathy is a major problem because Joe computer user can't even keep his computer from being overrun by spyware, what does he know about digital rights?
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This is rediculous, but could you imagine what would happen if this actually succeded? SCO wants GLP code placed in the public domain, this must mean they realize that they're in volation of the GPL and will have the last shreds of thier business destroyed if a large organization sues them over it.
Redhat 10? There isn't going to be a redhat 10 as you know it, try the Fedora project. I don't see why anyone would want to run a distro with broken mp3 support and crippled KDE as a desktop anyways.
This has to be the most useless story ever.
SCO is in blatent violation of the GPL and they continue to include GPL software as if they owned it. If we legally force SCO to stop using OSS, then we stop SCO from existing.
This may be only a taste of what is to come. DMCA, perpetual copyright extension, it's obvious that the large media companies (along with M$) own enough politicians that they can push almost any violation of digital rights through congress. How long before this sort of thing will be required for "national security" reasons making linux illegal? Apathy is a major problem because Joe computer user can't even keep his computer from being overrun by spyware, what does he know about digital rights?
When has pushing the limits not been a part of computer development?
A PR move, nothing more, nothing less.