Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 18, 2003 04:00 AM
If SCO wins it's IBM suit, then it is true then that LINUX code will have to be rewritten and someone made a mistake letting in tainted code. So what? Linux will move past that point and forward into the future (without SCO)!
If SCO loses the IBM suit, then LINUX keeps going in the direction is has been heading all along, to wherever it is taken next (albiet without folks liking SCO, or canopy group companies very much)!
If SCO, a principle, tries to charge users of LINUX for what they have already legally acquired and tries to take away the LINUX users perpetual rights to upgrade and support their LINUX... Then, consumer protection laws should also prevail and it will be seen that SCO's agents willingly allowed the LINUX acquisitons, downloads, upgrades, and support to take place in the first place, meaning that SCO cannot go back and charge the users AGAIN (or again and again and again...). If SCO wins it's IBM suit, then SO what (previous acquitions of LINUX should still be able to run and be upgraded just like they did before (because SCO's IP agents never have said anything, during these acquisitions etc, to the contrary)!
Remember that part of a state's attorney general's office job, and one big part of that job, is consumer protection... so, if you feel that SCO is causing you harm as a consumer, then contact them with your questions and maybe file a formal complaint!
Hint: maybe we all had better document our LINUX acquisition dates today - so we can prove that we have been using LINUX for as long as we have been. If, for some reason you wish to file a consumer complaint with your state's attorney general (in person, online or sending by mail) against SCO then don't forget to include the documentation that shows the dates you acquired LINUX and any proofs of purchase receipts that you might have, or send the state a copy of the LINUX that you have downloaded as a proof of acquistion, as it may be important to use as your proof of date of LINUX acquistion in the future!
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 18, 2003 04:00 AMIf SCO loses the IBM suit, then LINUX keeps going in the direction is has been heading all along, to wherever it is taken next (albiet without folks liking SCO, or canopy group companies very much)!
If SCO, a principle, tries to charge users of LINUX for what they have already legally acquired and tries to take away the LINUX users perpetual rights to upgrade and support their LINUX... Then, consumer protection laws should also prevail and it will be seen that SCO's agents willingly allowed the LINUX acquisitons, downloads, upgrades, and support to take place in the first place, meaning that SCO cannot go back and charge the users AGAIN (or again and again and again...). If SCO wins it's IBM suit, then SO what (previous acquitions of LINUX should still be able to run and be upgraded just like they did before (because SCO's IP agents never have said anything, during these acquisitions etc, to the contrary)!
Remember that part of a state's attorney general's office job, and one big part of that job, is consumer protection... so, if you feel that SCO is causing you harm as a consumer, then contact them with your questions and maybe file a formal complaint!
Hint: maybe we all had better document our LINUX acquisition dates today - so we can prove that we have been using LINUX for as long as we have been. If, for some reason you wish to file a consumer complaint with your state's attorney general (in person, online or sending by mail) against SCO then don't forget to include the documentation that shows the dates you acquired LINUX and any proofs of purchase receipts that you might have, or send the state a copy of the LINUX that you have downloaded as a proof of acquistion, as it may be important to use as your proof of date of LINUX acquistion in the future!
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