Re: SCO Ip right's claim on linux and SCO Intellectual Property License Program

2004-11-01 Thread Brian Thomas Sniffen
This is not appropriate for this list. Please stop posting it here. I don't mean to offend you, but there seems to be an astroturfing campaign to make it look like various Free Software mailing lists have been flaming about SCO; I can't imagine why they or anyone else would want such a thing, but

Re: SCO Ip right's claim on linux and SCO Intellectual Property License Program

2004-11-01 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes That said, for my money, SCO's tactics smell of racketeering; but it's up to judges to make the final decision about whether they're actually illegal. Read up on www.groklaw.net for why SCOG don't have any claim (note the

Re: SCO Ip right's claim on linux and SCO Intellectual Property License Program

2004-11-01 Thread Michael D. Crawford
I'm no lawyer either, but I like to write. Please enjoy: Let's Put SCO Behind Bars http://www.goingware.com/notes/prosecute-sco.html Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better

Re: SCO Ip right's claim on linux and SCO Intellectual Property License Program

2004-11-01 Thread Steve Langasek
Shawn, On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 07:18:10PM -0500, Shawn Robinson wrote: > My little brother was approached by SCO yesterday regarding licensing his > linux servers so as to avoid being possibly sued by SCO for copyright > infringment. I am wondering as to what the Linux comunity thinks regarding

Re: SCO Ip right's claim on linux and SCO Intellectual Property License Program

2004-10-29 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 07:18:10PM -0500, Shawn Robinson wrote: > My little brother was approached by SCO yesterday regarding licensing his > linux servers so as to avoid being possibly sued by SCO for copyright > infringment. I am wondering as to what the Linux comunity thinks regarding > this L

SCO Ip right's claim on linux and SCO Intellectual Property License Program

2004-10-29 Thread Shawn Robinson
My little brother was approached by SCO yesterday regarding licensing his linux servers so as to avoid being possibly sued by SCO for copyright infringment. I am wondering as to what the Linux comunity thinks regarding this Licensing program, and if it is even legal.I have my doubts regardin