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OT but interesting: "The GPL violates the U.S. Constitution"
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 |
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"Gary Seven" wrote in
: Constitution, etc. etc. Now, is it just me or does anyone else think some of these guys were previously employed at Rambus? thats a misstype, you naturally meant Redmont :P Pozdrawiam. -- RusH // [502-20-14-27 tylko SMS] http://kiti.pulse.pdi.net/qv30/ -- to prawdziwy ja Pent-up passive-aggressive dork alert! Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! Boy, you're really lighting up this alarm here! |
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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... -- Stacey |
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"stacey" wrote in message
... "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 the Boy Scout Oath... And anyone who thinks M$ isn't backing this has their head in the sand... I think the collective heads are at SCO, and they aren't stuck in the sand but in some other dark place... Regards, Dean -- Stacey |
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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! ------------- Tony Hill hilla underscore 20 at yahoo dot ca |
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"Tony Hill" wrote in message
.com... 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. Glad someone else sees the problem with current Corporate protection laws. Criminals get away with murder, and leave investors, employees and taxpayers holding the bag... Regards, Dean Microsoft is not the only evil in this world! ------------- Tony Hill hilla underscore 20 at yahoo dot ca |
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Tony Hill wrote:
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. And from the past, you think the US gov would take away MS's copyrights? No, MS isn't backing this one in any way, shape or form. Nah, just 30 million bucks (or more?) to SCO last spring..... It's just a bunch of scumbag investors out to make a quick buck. Or to crush linux and who exactly would benefit from that? LOL! Microsoft is not the only evil in this world! Nope, they've just got (paid for) friends in the right places.. I like how MS is now lobying congress to deal with the problems MS is having in europe.. Then WE get to pay with our tax money to protect MS? -- Stacey |
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"Gary Seven" wrote in message ...
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 You'll have to remind me again, what was it Rambus did wrong? |
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Tim Sullivan wrote:
: "Gary Seven" wrote in message : ... :: 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 : : You'll have to remind me again, what was it Rambus did wrong? You're nothing but a RMBS cheerleading shill. Why bother trying to explain anything to you? Asshole. J. -- -------- The end to "Personal Computing" as we know it is just around the corner. TCPA will take away ALL rights from you, the consumer. Learn more about it he http://www.againsttcpa.com/what-is-tcpa.html and he http://www.againsttcpa.com/tcpa-faq-en.html |
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Dean Kent wrote:
"Tony Hill" wrote in message .com... 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. Glad someone else sees the problem with current Corporate protection laws. Criminals get away with murder, and leave investors, employees and taxpayers holding the bag... Yep overheard these two guys talking about how they set up corps, buy a bunch of electronic stuff like big screen TV's etc, file bankrupsy, sell the stuff they didn't pay for and then just start another corp and do it all over again and were laughing about it... Watched them drive off in a new lexus and thought about how =I= paid for this with every electronic purchase I make. -- Stacey |
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