SCO targets Linux users

[thermodynamic]

http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/07/25/29NNsco_1.html

Um, shouldn't SCO wait until the law decides that their supposed copyright has been abused? :eyes: It's way too early and nobody should be taken in by these bastards.

At $720 per user license, SCO is really desparate... filthy greedy unscrupled assholes... I hope IBM buys them out.

[foo_bar]

1. I gave Linus's mom the idea for Linux

where's my piece?

[alfredo]

2. they can take their license scam

and ram it up their ass. I will not let them bully me. I love Linux. YellowDog Linux forever.

[Syrinx]

3. This reminds me of

When some company, I can't remember which one, tried to patent the hyperlink.

Just more stupidity.

[smaug]

5. hyperlink patent

SBC, wasn't it?

The real problem is the overly broad granting of patents.

[Sialia]

4. Buying them would reward them

We need to shut them up ASAP but buying them out would simply reward the crooked executives and venture vultures who came up with this extortion scheme. I think countersuits are in order, but obviously they'd have to be pursued by somebody with deep pockets.

IANAL and especially not an "intellectual property" lawyer, but from what I have read, registering a copyright means only that one can sue for more than actual damages. I wonder whether SCO might be trying to exploit the fact that most people don't understand the differences among copyright, trademark, and patent law? I've already seen some ignorant posters at Linux sites who obviously thought that registering a copyright was equivalent to getting a patent.

Besides, there is no evidence that SCO is really pursuing a bona fide copyright action--they are making extremely broad claims that Linux (and apparently all other operating systems --and they pointedly didn't exclude Windows) are "unauthorized derivatives" of their ancient code.

[Gman]

6. Somebody learned well from the record industry

and where is congress in all this bullshit?

[thermodynamic]

7. Congress would support SCO; Linux is clearly a threat to the status quo

Linux damn well proves what a bunch of bullshit the current industry is. Indeed, it spits on the face of capitalism itself, which is so much the better as far as I'm concerned.

Which is strange, people can still sell software for Linux and make money off of it if they wanted. Just because it runs on Linux doesn't mean it has to support the GPL; there are games for Linux whose source code aren't released (Quake 3, Unreal Tournament 2003, SimCity 3000 Unlimited, Terminus, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, etc.....)

But it's the root principle of the thing that terrifies korporate amerika. Free. Their "F-Word".

[mike_c]

8. a buyout is what they want...

...the rat bastards. Linux will never die. You can't kill open source.