Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 18, 2003 10:42 AM
I like this threads, just the basic of sharing knowledge and ideas is great.
My view is (I am mexican) does linux or open software in general belongs to the americans?, why does a legal suit between two United States Companies have to put at risk the efforts of the world?... , if the code in linux is "contaminated" with proprietary source code identical line by line incluiding the mistakes and jokes of the programmers and the names of the variables etcetera does it give the plagiariazed company the right to charge for all the other software that is in GNU/Linux ???? does it give them the "ownership" of the efforts of thousands of people that worked for free, and mostly aren't even americans (I am quite sure)...
Since when the americans have such rights over the world?, do I as a mexican using open source have to pay Mr. McBride for a linux license someday?...
I mean aren't the americans the same people that fought and rejected to be subjected to foreing rules for crimes of war in a court in Holland, even threating that if some of his fellows falls in the hands of justice for his war crimes they will take La Haya with military force if needed to avoid his fellow being judge (probably for all the right reasons as it is quite obvious for all reasoning and informed human beings in this planet at these hasty days are going by, even the informed american people whom sadly seem to be a minority of them....).
Then what is it that will force us the rest of the world to follow such rules in the remote and improbable case that some judge in the US decides that SCO is right. Other than the control of our sorry asses "democracies" that the gringos so much love and sustain as long as they don't go too much to the left... Yes my president Fox surely took money for his dirty campain from Redmond without a doubt as it is clear, but if we elect the left here then Microsoft be prepare to get your ass kicked out of gobvernment I assure you!..
Have not the US done enough harm already to the world as it is?, has their gobvernment not being involved in pushing windows down the world community throat long enough (they sent 2 representants of the State department to a free software reunion in Asia to change a statement that recommended the adoption of linux in the gobvernment, so I read).....
Is the outcome of the judgment in this particular Sco vs Ibm case reward (even if a remote chance) Sco with what rights?, charge for something that CAN'T logically be theirs?, not disclose their allegations ? (because then everybody will copy again their precious lines of code?), will there be any way in case there is a lot of code of theirs in linux to get it replace for good, and in the process writing better code and bettering linux, because obviously as with any other code is not the same if a 100 people review the same code as if say 10 do the same being conservative....
The worst thing as some people (mostly american "luminaires" of open source, hell I think Mr. Torvalds is "american" now) has said and is true that the damage being done to Linux is in the areas of the FUD that it generates, that prevents new deployments (althought as reports say it doesn't seem to be the case) and retards the adoption of a visible better technology in the UNITED STATES Companies (GOD FORBID US ALL):
Does Linux belongs to the United States?, can a country which ever it is and his companies claim property over something developed by very diverse people living in different countries and contribuiting their work for the benefit of human kind in general?...
Do we need a special court to address these issues, or do we need to step down and let the empire decides on our lives as it pleases them to do?.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 18, 2003 10:42 AMMy view is (I am mexican) does linux or open software in general belongs to the americans?, why does a legal suit between two United States Companies have to put at risk the efforts of the world?... , if the code in linux is "contaminated" with proprietary source code identical line by line incluiding the mistakes and jokes of the programmers and the names of the variables etcetera does it give the plagiariazed company the right to charge for all the other software that is in GNU/Linux ???? does it give them the "ownership" of the efforts of thousands of people that worked for free, and mostly aren't even americans (I am quite sure)...
Since when the americans have such rights over the world?, do I as a mexican using open source have to pay Mr. McBride for a linux license someday?...
I mean aren't the americans the same people that fought and rejected to be subjected to foreing rules for crimes of war in a court in Holland, even threating that if some of his fellows falls in the hands of justice for his war crimes they will take La Haya with military force if needed to avoid his fellow being judge (probably for all the right reasons as it is quite obvious for all reasoning and informed human beings in this planet at these hasty days are going by, even the informed american people whom sadly seem to be a minority of them....).
Then what is it that will force us the rest of the world to follow such rules in the remote and improbable case that some judge in the US decides that SCO is right. Other than the control of our sorry asses "democracies" that the gringos so much love and sustain as long as they don't go too much to the left... Yes my president Fox surely took money for his dirty campain from Redmond without a doubt as it is clear, but if we elect the left here then Microsoft be prepare to get your ass kicked out of gobvernment I assure you!..
Have not the US done enough harm already to the world as it is?, has their gobvernment not being involved in pushing windows down the world community throat long enough (they sent 2 representants of the State department to a free software reunion in Asia to change a statement that recommended the adoption of linux in the gobvernment, so I read).....
Is the outcome of the judgment in this particular Sco vs Ibm case reward (even if a remote chance) Sco with what rights?, charge for something that CAN'T logically be theirs?, not disclose their allegations ? (because then everybody will copy again their precious lines of code?), will there be any way in case there is a lot of code of theirs in linux to get it replace for good, and in the process writing better code and bettering linux, because obviously as with any other code is not the same if a 100 people review the same code as if say 10 do the same being conservative....
The worst thing as some people (mostly american "luminaires" of open source, hell I think Mr. Torvalds is "american" now) has said and is true that the damage being done to Linux is in the areas of the FUD that it generates, that prevents new deployments (althought as reports say it doesn't seem to be the case) and retards the adoption of a visible better technology in the UNITED STATES Companies (GOD FORBID US ALL):
Does Linux belongs to the United States?, can a country which ever it is and his companies claim property over something developed by very diverse people living in different countries and contribuiting their work for the benefit of human kind in general?...
Do we need a special court to address these issues, or do we need to step down and let the empire decides on our lives as it pleases them to do?.
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