----- Original Message ----- From: Jarrod Major <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:11 pm Subject: [clug-talk] Another excellent article
> Check this out. > > http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/interviews/5176/1/ > > I particularly like the bit about SCO being like the Troll under > the bridge > wanting to charge a toll from everyone using Linux. Brilliant. > > I know that I feel very much like Pamela Jones, that as a user of > Linux and > Open Source/Free Software, that I would like to give back. That is > probablyone of my biggest reasons for being so actively involved in > CLUG and its > affairs. To see CLUG succeed is to ultimately serve me in the end by > promoting the OS and the software I use. > > I had a thought while I was reading this article. I wonder if there > aredevelopers auditing any of the code looking for instances of any IP > infringement. I would not be at all surprised if they are. It is a > sad waste > of resources if they are but it is also the kind of project I could > see the > Open Source community rallying behind to prove that there is nothing > untoward in the code. My hat is off to them if they are. It is a > matter of a > preemptive strike and well beyond due diligence. > > And what a great name 'Groklaw'. > > Jarrod Major > Registered Linux User: #224211 > GPG Fingerprint: FA4A 1EA3 A0EE A842 07BB 804C 0090 14F6 BE6E DE3D > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > I have thought from the start that there was nothing but hot air backing this case. Its clear that these people had no idea that the community would pull together like we have, nor that we had the resources to pool to rebut the lame arguments that they are making. I believe that they thought that IBM would buy them and they would have a cozy nest egg to retire on and to sue someone else. Well IBM had other plans! If there is any justice Daryl and the boys will have to scramble to avoid becoming some Bubba's man-bitch in San-Quentin or some other place of a similar nature! _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
