[H-GEN] Sad day for Linux

[Stuart Longland]

[ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and     ]
[ Unix-related topics. Posts from non-subscribed addresses will vanish. ]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Jason Parker-Burlingham wrote:

> >
> > >SCO nows says that anyone using linux without paying
> > >SCo a licensing fee is breaking copyright laws.

Pfff, typical.  Famous last words eh?
Thankfully, I'm safe, I've got two SCO licences, one for a copy of
FreeSCO (SCO OpenServer 5.0.4) and an official SCO boxed set.  Never
mind I paid $0.00 for them.

David Thorndike wrote:
> The mis-quotatations of Richard Stallman and Bruce Perens featured on the
> SCO web site are below contempt.  They are so clearly mis-quotes that at
> first I honestly thought SCO was making a late April fool's day joke.
> Mis-quoting indiviuals is a pathetic attempt by SCO to lend credence to
> their untenable position.

Hrmm, childish, and not wise, this will land them in a bit of hot water.
 If I were in deep $#!t like they are, I'd be keeping my mouth shut.

> Robert Brockway <robert at timetraveller.org> writes:
>
> There's a wonderful refutation of SCO's claims on the OSI website.
> Hey, OSI is good for something after all!

I found it after a bit of searching:
http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html

- --
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Stuart Longland           stuartl at longlandclan.hopto.org |
| Brisbane Mesh Node: 719             http://stuartl.cjb.net/ |
| I haven't lost my mind - it's backed up on a tape somewhere |
| Griffith Student No:           Course: Bachelor/IT @ Nathan |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1-nr1 (Windows 2000)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQE+0xdOIGJk7gLSDPcRAqvkAJ41yNUI9masb5FIcbSnBqQy/4cU0gCfa76k
2yn2HjDVqObV3Qo+rxFjuPM=
=nleH
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----



--
* This is list (humbug) general handled by majordomo at lists.humbug.org.au .
* Postings to this list are only accepted from subscribed addresses of
* lists 'general' or 'general-post'.  See http://www.humbug.org.au/