-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El Diumenge 25 Gener 2004 12:26, Xavier Caballe va escriure: > Disponible a http://www.osaia.org/letters/sco_hill.pdf > > Innovation in software in itslef is not a problem -- new computing > technologies have long been an engine of growth for our nation. But > there are two serious problems associated with the spread of Linux and > the Open Source approach to software development and distribution. > > First, Linux and Open Source software are developed and distributed > (often at no cost) under a schema called the GNU General Public > License (GPL) which, some believe, is in direct contradiction to U.S. > Copyright law, to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and to > the recent Supreme Court decision in Eldred vs. Ashcroft.
A alguns llocs del m�n que tenen cura per la innovaci� i la llibertat, nom�s aix� ja �s una bona tarja de presentaci�: �DMCA Incompatible� :)) Els USA no s�n el que sembla --a [EMAIL PROTECTED] ni en innovaci� ni en llibertat. > The second problem with Open Source software is that is not all > original. Linux software contains significant UNIX software code that > has been inappropriately, and without authorization, placed on Linux. No havien de presentar el codi, a petici� judicial, en comptes de xerrar tant? Quina era la data l�mit? Em penso que han presentat qualque cosa i que hi havia codi original del Torvalds. Estan fent el rid�cul tecnol�gic, tamb�. > 2. The threat to our international competitive position. In a growing > number of countries, including Britain, Germany, France, Israel, > Brazil, Japan, South Korea, China and Russian (sic), national and > municipal governments are requiring that governments entities use Open > Source software, Instead of UNIX from any number of U.S. companies or > Windows from Microsoft, governments thoughout Europe and Asia are > using Linux, often downloaded for free from the Internet. I? S�n ells, els inventors de la superviv�ncia del m�s apte en un ambient empresarial extrem. Ara que superin aquesta compet�ncia, si poden. > 3. The threat to our national security. I assert than Open Source > software --available widely through the Internet -- has the potential > to provide our nation's enemies or potential enemies with computing > capabilities that are restricted by U.S. law. SCO's UNIX software is > subject to export licensing restrictions, and for good reason. With > the powerful multi-processing features of UNIX software, someone could > build a supercomputer for military applications. My company must > adhere to these restrictions: we cannot sell to North Korea, Libya, > Iran, Sudan and several other nations. But a computer expert in North > Korea can download the latest version of Linux, complete with > multi-processing capabilities misappropriated from UNIX, and, in short > order, build a virtual supercomputer. La seguretat per ocultaci� i restricci�, una gran fal�cia, per� sempre convincent a un pa�s ben descrit per Michael Moore a �Bowling For Columbine�. > The GPL (which its authors call "copyleft" to emphasize that it is the > opposite of copyright) should not be allowed to continue to undermine > the foundation of one of our most important industries. Id� que implantin la regulaci� estatal de la ind�stria. Ser� divertit veure un neocomunisme o neosocialisme a l'americana :)) En definitiva: - - Els plantejaments de SCO s�n per un sector dels USA. - - Alguns USAns tampoc no hi estaran d'acord. Els hi queden pocs Telenoticies, no hi posaria gaire esment ni paral�lelismes amb el nostre pa�s. - -- (Si us plau, si �s possible no envieu nous missatges pel sistema de respondre un correu antic canviant-ne el tema i el contingut. Fent-ho aix� es conserven les cap�aleres que alguns programes de correu usen per a llegir per fils. Els missatges dins un fil que no pertanyen al fil ens fan perdre la funcionalitat de l'invent als que l'usam. He vist aquest perqu� s'ha reenviat a una altre llista. Gr�cies :) - -- Benjam� http://bitassa.com . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAFAC9TA1R+FisWzsRAk1AAKCX8AoyGexd6UdH0GOqdA8bp7itiACdFQef kmKVLSTcYtfWCywQoA/Vggg= =Z6Oj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Podeu consultar els arxius d'aquesta llista o canviar la vostra subscripci� a http://www.softcatala.org/llistes/ ----------------------------------------------------------------
