Here ya go Doug. Read this, it will make you feel better: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html
Note that IBM is charging SCO with GPL copyright infringement under the terms of USC 17. And IMO, IBM has a very strong case. This is the beginning of the end of SCO! John Hebert At 17:50 9/26/2003 -0700, you wrote: >--- John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/26/HNibmclaim_1.html > > > > IBM has escalated its legal counterattack on The SCO > > Group, filing new > > claims on Thursday in the U.S. District Court in > > Utah alleging that SCO has > > infringed IBM's copyright. > > > > ... > > > > SCO spokesman Blake Stowell disputed the idea that > > SCO could no longer > > distribute Linux. "We're the copyright holder for > > the core Unix operating > > system. If we want to charge someone a licensing fee > > for using our > > copyrighted software that's gone into Linux, then we > > have that prerogative," > > he said. "If we want to continue to distribute Linux > > to our existing > > customers, we can do that because we own the > > copyrights on that Unix > > software." > > > > > > I think SCO doesn't know it's copyright from its > > copyleft. :) > > > > Ok, that was bad. Gimme a break, it's Friday night > > and I'm still at work. > > > > Looking forward to seeing the GPL defended in court. > > This will be a history > > making moment for the free software movement! > > > > John Hebert > > > >Sigh, I miss the simpler days. Have a Bar-B-Q, invite >the town. Hold a town meeting. Vote SCO's out, >everyone parties till dark, then we burn 'em down and >lynch 'em if they run. > >Carpet baggers. When I was a platoon Sergeant >(Grandpa winds up), I would take at least a stripe, if >not two, if some moron took credit for another >soldier's work (good or bad). > >I hope those SOBs never get another job. Pick-pockets >and thieves, the lot of them! > >What goes through one's mind before one decides to >pervert a good concept and steal common property? Can >you imgine how many times these degenerates reached >into the communion plate and took money out instead of >putting money in? I'd hate to be blind beggar near >their offices! > >Ah, its just makes me angry. I am going to go read >cartoons. I see y'all tommorow after the red haze >clears. > >If only SCO was based in the South where "They needed >killing" is a sound defense! > >No good, sheep killing, dog stealing, wife beating, >inbread, lilly-livered, cowerdly, sniveling, >low-browed, dirty-minded, tax-cheating, non-driving, >good for nothing, stupid excuses for mammals! SCO >isn't competent to fill sand bags. They don't have >the sense to pound sand for the love of Mike! They >ain't got the sense God promised a box of rocks and >gave to a door knob! > >Arrgh! > > >===== >Warmest Regards, > >Doug Riddle >http://www.dougriddle.com >http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ >http://www.libranet.com >-- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are >the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search >http://shopping.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
