The following forwarded message outlines David Skoll's (of Roaring Penguin.com and author of the standard PPOE DSL interface) plea for assistance in his battle against the CAAT organization's tactics. CAAT is a coalition of large proprietary corporations, led by Microsoft, That have started to take enforcement of software licensing into their own hands. This ranges from the now infamous threatening letters, to walk-in audits and lawsuits. What seems to bother people the most is not so much the rights they are attempting to protect, but the methods that they are employing.
David's proposition is simple -- avoid CAAT threats and goon squad searches of your workplace by simply moving as much as possible to open source software, preferably Linux. His aim is two-fold: object to the CAAT methods and pomote open source altenatives. Our LUG here in Ottawa has picked up the ball and is supporting David. I'm sure he would be grateful for any help anyone could give him. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [oclug] Re: [linux-consult] stay-legal.org in Ottawa Business Journal, Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 11:18:30 -0500 (EST) From: "David F. Skoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mike Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, I have updated http://www.stay-legal.org/ with some links, partly to refute the CAAST rep's comments in the Ottawa Business Journal article. I'm DESPERATELY seeking help maintaining www.stay-legal.org; I do not have the time to do it myself. If anyone can contribute links, content or design, please send it to me! If you want to take over maintainership, even better. Regards, David. _______________________________________________ oclug mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/oclug ------------------------------------------------------- -- burns _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
