On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 23:29:26 -0500, stacey wrote:
Gary Seven wrote:
I just had a really good laugh reading the following article:
http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5098610.html
Apparently the scumbag lawyers over at SCO (that's kind of a misnomer, as
the **real** SCO no longer exists) are claiming that the GNU GPL (general
public license 1) as it stands violates the U.S. Constitution, etc. etc.
Now, is it just me or does anyone else think some of these guys were
previously employed at Rambus? Christ, what's the world coming to,
anyway!
G7
1. http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html
"The GPL violates the U.S. Constitution, together with copyright, antitrust
and export control laws," SCO Group said in an answer filed late Friday to
an IBM court filing.
And anyone who thinks M$ isn't backing this has their head in the sand...
Read it again, particularly this part:
"Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. copyright law says that Congress can
regulate copyrights, not the FSF or any other organization."
I think you'll find that MS has every reason to be OPPOSED to the
ruling. Basically The Canopy Group (under the guise of SCO) is saying
that the GPL is invalid because only the government is allowed to
regulate copyrights. What that means is that Microsoft's precious
EULA's would be invalid for the exact same reason.
No, MS isn't backing this one in any way, shape or form. It's just a
bunch of scumbag investors out to make a quick buck. The real tragedy
of this is that all the engineers that used to work for SCO and
Caldera are being setup to be the ones taking the fall, while the real
culprits hide behind the "venture capital" company called The Canopy
Group, and get away scott free because they're just investors.
If the legal system in the US worked properly, the man behind the
curtains would be thrown in jail for this one. Committing fraud and
extortion should not be legal just because you're hiding behind a
corporate veil.
Microsoft is not the only evil in this world!
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Tony Hill
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