SCO Targets US Government, TiVo 1539
An anonymous reader writes "According to SCO, if you have a TiVo set-top box, or those models of Sharp Zaurus which use Linux, someone now owes them $32, since the company wants money 'for each embedded system using Linux.' SCO also says government agencies must pay up to $699 for each copy of Linux that they use."
Must... have... licensing... revenue... (Score:5, Funny)
Next up... (Score:5, Funny)
SCO (Score:5, Funny)
ignore them (Score:3, Funny)
News: US Gov't Charges SCO for 'Freedom' (Score:5, Funny)
beowulf? (Score:4, Funny)
Please somebody... (Score:2, Funny)
All SCO jokes have been spent. (Score:5, Funny)
Who is the arse (ass) ? (Score:1, Funny)
"SCO is currently suing IBM Corp. for breech of contract for allegedly supplying some of that Unix code as part of the open source development process for Linux. "
From dictionary.com:
breech:
breech ( P ) Pronunciation Key (brch)
n.
The lower rear portion of the human trunk; the buttocks.
breach:
1
a. An opening, a tear, or a rupture.
b. A gap or rift, especially in or as if in a solid structure such as a dike or fortification.
2 A violation or infraction, as of a law, a legal obligation, or a promise.
I think in this case we are all of the opinion that SCO is an arse (or ass if
you prefer the American spelling).
Article slashdotted, entire text here: (Score:5, Funny)
Sources close to the controversy report hearing SCO CEO Darl McBride screaming and then loud thumps, before noting a non-descript black van leaving the SCO compound.
Administration Spokesperson Dill Franken had this to say, "While we cannot reveal the identity of the individuals for reasons of National Security, we can safely say that we have thwarted a terrorist network in their attempts to threaten the government, and our way of life."
He then went on to check his watch and remarked, "they should be arriving at Camp X-ray, right... about... now!" He then took some questions and concluded the press conference.
You know... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:All SCO jokes have been spent. (Score:5, Funny)
"Why did SCO cross the road?"
"To get to the courtroom!"
"BWA HA HA HA HA! That's a keeper"
Repressed Childhood? (Score:1, Funny)
BTW - This post costs $1399 if I spell out more than L-I-...
Crap (Score:5, Funny)
Re: SCO (Score:5, Funny)
> Trying to piss EVERYONE off, are we, SCO?
I heard they sent shake-down e-mail to Superman, Batman, and Darth Vader just before quitting time today.
Glad I don't live in that neck of the woods.
We need to update todays Slashdot Poll ... (Score:3, Funny)
[x] Angry Tivo user torches SCO offices
SCO will have to pry my TiVo (or the $32 license fee) from my cold dead hands
Re:Next up... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Refreshing management trend (Score:5, Funny)
I think they've eaten too many Mentos. They're way too Fresh(tm). They may have, in fact, overdosed on Mentos. At least, that's what the coronor's report will read about 2 hours after the government actually takes notice of this.
Re:Three Points (Score:5, Funny)
In related news.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Next up... (Score:5, Funny)
Dr_LHA formally asks for $2 from SCO (Score:5, Funny)
Someone, please BITCH-SLAP the SCO imps! (Score:3, Funny)
WHACK!
Re:Next up... (Score:4, Funny)
So that'll be an extra $7.50?
Re:Cannonballs (Score:4, Funny)
SCO.
Re:Linux routers (Score:2, Funny)
I'm guessing their going to step on Microsoft's toes. The evil of all evils has managed to keep intact for pretty long. The judicial system isn't even close. How bad could SCO be?
In the end, I believe Microsoft will attack SCO with its army of clone lawyers, which will give the emperor Gates total power over the law...
Wait a minute, the future [starwars.com] has already been told!
No, but seriously though, SCo's probably just trying to get bought out by a big company, to ensure its future against linux
A few choice nuggest from SCO's IP FAQ: (Score:5, Funny)
Does the SCO IP License for Linux include a media kit?
No. Nothing needs to be installed on the server or embedded device.
Excellent. I just purchased $700 of nothing. That'll be easy to justify to the boss
I have Linux servers deployed in my organization. What options do I have besides purchasing a SCO IP license?
There are 3 options for you to evaluate:
You have the option to do nothing, adopt a "wait and see" attitude, and hope that SCO is not serious about enforcing its intellectual property rights in the end user community.
You can replace all servers, desktop and embedded uses of Linux.
You can obtain a license from SCO to use SCO IP in binary form in Linux distributions
Cover your ass, install Windows, or pay up, bitch!
How are the licenses activated?
Licenses are activated by registering the license with SCO and identifying the system covered by the license. The identification of the system can follow whatever identification conventions you use internally. (i.e., by name, by location, etc.)
See your wallet becoming lighter? Good! Now you are compliant! Get on your knees!
Re:You know... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Must... have... licensing... revenue... (Score:5, Funny)
Weird Uncle SCO rides again (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Next up... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:An interersting panic run (Score:2, Funny)
US Govt countersues... (Score:1, Funny)
in lieu of prosecution, i can hear DoD closed door proceedings now:
"they want us to pay how much?"
"...the 10th division moves at once."
calling al gore... (Score:2, Funny)
A story (Score:5, Funny)
Then, one day, one of the villagers announced that certain pieces of the pipeline were his, and had been used without his permission. Because of that, he said, the pipeline belonged to him, and anybody who wanted to get water from it had to pay him ten dollars for each bucket of water they took from the pipeline. The villagers offered to replace his stolen pipe sections with their own spare sections, and return the stolen ones to him, but the villager didn't want that -- in fact, he refused to even tell the other villagers which sections were the stolen ones. "Just pay me the money you owe me", he said, "and I'll let you use my pipeline."
The villagers gathered together again, to determine what to do about this new problem. After several minutes of debate, a plan was devised. That night, they went to the villager's house with torches and pitchforks, burned it to the ground, and fed the villager to the stray dogs.
And they all lived happily ever after.
The End.
Re:Must... have... licensing... revenue... (Score:5, Funny)
Where can I buy one o' them there SMP Tivos?
SCO/Linux is better than GNU/Linux (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I own a TiVo... (Score:5, Funny)
on a regular basis?
I hope you didn't catch anything, god knows who SCO has been sleeping with.
~foooo
We all know what happens then... (Score:4, Funny)
(Obscure Oingo Boingo reference)
Re:Is Open Source the answer? (Score:5, Funny)
1989? really? wow, I didn't think Papa Bush did anything good during his tenure, but I guess I was wrong.
unrelated philosophical question (Score:4, Funny)
Just asking.
-b
Re:Congrats (Score:3, Funny)
Hummmm. How much does XP Pro cost? add office + hardware upgrade + exchange cal + Virus software + 10 x admins +
Linux still wins. woooo hoooo
Re:Phone calls (Score:3, Funny)
1. Pretend to like linux and pay someone to put their own code in an open source company.
2. *** Sue Everyone under the Sun and Moon ***
3. PROFIT!!!!!!
Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)
The Freshmaker (Score:5, Funny)
REVELATION! (Score:4, Funny)
(bum bum bum)
Richard Stallman!
It's all clear now. This high-profile case is part of a plot to undermine the concept of intellectual property and erase what little progress the lawyers have made in getting the general public to respect it. After this, it's going to be a joke; any time someone hears about an IP dispute, they're going to assume the plaintiff is just another extortionist.
Re: Phone calls (Score:5, Funny)
> Everybody should call SCO now and demand
Actually, we should all start mailing them Monopoly money, to pay for their equally fake IP.
Re:News: US Gov't Charges SCO for 'Freedom' (Score:2, Funny)
Re:News: US Gov't Charges SCO for 'Freedom' (Score:5, Funny)
SCO can suck my left nut (Score:5, Funny)
Even if those pig-fuckers had an airtight case, Debian-Hurd and Debian-BSD are an easy mkfs away. Do you think for one second that the kernel you're running makes a huge difference versus the software on top of it? And I'd go back to fucking CPM much more readily than I'd consider paying SCO's extortion money.
(Yes, I said pig-fuckers. I think they get up on pigs and they fuck them. Squeeeeee! Anyone wanna disagree?)
Re:SCO (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe they're going for that "+5 Funny" mod on /.
Re:Dr_LHA formally asks for $2 from SCO (Score:3, Funny)
"SCO, a puddle of a company, takes on IBM, a gorilla in a business suit"
"SCO decides to tackle the US Government"
I keep expecting to sign on and see:
"SCO sent out a press release titled: W3 0wnz0r 411 yuo pu|\|k @$$ b17ch3s"
Khrushchev for CEO? (Score:5, Funny)
Is anyone else waiting for the televised press conference where the CEO or spokesperson or whoever starts banging on the podium with a shoe and screams "WE WILL BURY YOU!!!"? Is it just me?
That's because... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:SCO can suck my left nut (Score:5, Funny)
Thank you sir, for the quote of the day.
Re:Is Open Source the answer? (Score:2, Funny)
Never mind.
Re:REVELATION! (Score:2, Funny)
RMS is really just paving the way for HURD !!!
Re:I own a TiVo... (Score:5, Funny)
i think its time for all the zombies to rise
Re:Phone calls (Score:5, Funny)
Want to see proof??
So do I. PinkFairies.org [pinkfairies.org] - Offering cash money for offending SCO code.
Only in business 20 hours, and we're up over $47.00!!
~Will.
Well apparently MS (Score:3, Funny)
From the SCO press misinformation center (Score:3, Funny)
Mick Jagger was unavailable for comment.
In summary: (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry, I forget the exact quote or where I heard it.
Re:Wouldn't it great... (Score:5, Funny)
i imagine each idea would start like this:
(...bong-water bubble sounds...)
(...pause...)
(...exhale...)
"Heeheehee... dude, check this one out, you are gonna freak:..."
(...stifled chortling...)
Re:Crap (Score:5, Funny)
A true example of how evil SCO are is seen when they bring a slashdotter to utter such a statement.
Re:Must... have... licensing... revenue... (Score:1, Funny)
Next is a linkup with the RIAA (Score:3, Funny)
It's audio , so the RIAA needs to be in on this. If you've ever downloaded a RedHat Linux ISO, you've probably downloaded this audio file. This means you owe the RIAA and SCO.
Me too! (Score:5, Funny)
If you're running MAME, you owe me $32. Pay up! MAME includes some code I wrote, in violation of the GPL license on my code. Unlike SCO, I'm actually willing to publicly identify which lines of code are at issue.
I'm joking about the $32, although they really did violate my license. However, I'm NOT going to sue them. In fact, I think I'll grant the MAME project a license to use the code under the MAME license instead.
So much for my chances of making billions of dollars on it! :-)
I think. (Score:2, Funny)
And a sense of humor.
Re:Must... have... licensing... revenue... (Score:4, Funny)
How can SCO even think of demanding pay for embedded systems that don't even include the alledged copied code? I think I'm going to do the same, I'm sending a letter to all owners of a toilet demanding them to pay me a fee for each time they flush it since I own the copyright on flush buffer code snippets....
SCO Files Lawsuit Against God (Score:3, Funny)
In 1995, SCO purchased the rights and ownership of UNIX and UnixWare that had been originally owned by AT&T. This included source code, source documentation, software development contracts, licenses and other intellectual property that pertained to UNIX-related business. SCO became the successor in interest to the UNIX software licenses originally licensed by AT&T Bell Laboratories to all UNIX distributors, including HP, IBM, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, and many others.
As a result of God's unfair competition and the marketplace injury sustained by SCO, SCO is requesting damages in an amount to be proven at trial, but no less than ownership of all existence, together with additional damages through and after the time of trial.
SCO is also demanding that God cease these anti-competitive practices based on specific requirements sent in a notification letter to God. If these requirements are not met, SCO will have the authority to revoke God's license of creation as well as God's license to keep the cosmos in motion.
SCO's letter and complaint have been filed by the law firm of Boies, Schiller and Flexner. SCO announced in January that the law firm had been retained to research and investigate possible violations of SCO's intellectual property.
"SCO is in the enviable position of owning the UNIX operating system," said Darl McBride, president and CEO, SCO. "It is clear from our stand point that we have an extremely compelling case against God. SCO has more than 30,000 contracts with UNIX licensees and upholding these contracts is as important today as the day they were signed."
A copy of SCO's complaint is on file with the State Court of Utah and can also be found at www.sco.com/scosource.
Teleconference
SCO has scheduled a teleconference regarding this announcement for 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on August 7, 2003.
And in a recent announcement... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:COMING THIS WINTER... (Score:1, Funny)
In Soviet Russia, SCO pays YOU licensing fees!
Re:Next up... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I own a TiVo... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:show sco where to stick their license fees (Score:2, Funny)
Jaysyn
Re:SCO (Score:5, Funny)
Marry me.
Re:Holy Fucking Shit (Score:3, Funny)
Also they MAY find it a tad hard to sue the US goverment. As some of the law inside of patent law states that the goverment may use ANY IP it wishes to for 'national security reasons'. And if it is not patented well the goverment can say 'oh gee thats toooooo bad, what exactly are you sueing us for? Hmm maybe the SEC needs to see whats going on?'. Biiiiiiiiig old target for sure.
So lets see they have torqed off. IBM, US goverment, Novell, Tivo, Red Hat, EFF, and every linux fan boy out there. Not a group I would want on my bad side. Oh this should get VERY interesting. Thought this soap opera had died down. This is almost as good as springer, and SCO has started waving a chair around.
Re:All SCO jokes have been spent. (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, no. It's way harder than that.
First, the Department of Comedy Appropriations Committee commissions an analysis on the current state of government humor. They appoint a consulting firm to investigate the effectiveness of current jokes, baseline requirements for replacement jokes plus evaluation of the risks of producing new jokes.
This report goes back to the committee who then approve the tender process. The tender duly goes out, where prospective contractors reply with details of past jokes, resumes of key comedy writers and detailed costings for writing of the joke.
The proposals go back to a subcommittee which produces three recommendations to return to the appropriations committee. The recommendations are announced and subjected to three months of public comment. After this, the committee meets again and formulates a single proposal which is then sent to Congress for approval. The proposal sits in committee for three months, during which it is amended to include extra benefits for certain committee members' pet comedic projects. Once approved, the contractor is appointed.
The contractor will almost certainly subcontract out some of the work, of course. If the joke requires a pun, for example, they will work closely with a specialised synophonic engineering corporation. At each stage, of course, the oversight committee must reconvene to approve the new subcontractor and possible budgetary implications.
After six months comes the first deliverable: a detailed design document outlining the scope of the joke, full details on how the joke is to be delivered, any training which the joke's target audience may have to receive beforehand, plus a full analysis of the joke's structure. Once this is approved, the joke moves to the comedy writers, who proceed to write a prototype joke. This is then sent out to simulated audiences where the prototype joke is tested for comedic effectiveness. The results of the tests are sent back to the comedy engineers who then rework the joke.
By this time, the Department of Comedy's Appropriations Secretary has been replaced. When the new secretary reviews the project, they see problems. Certain humorous allusions which are vital to the success of any replacement jokes have not been factored in. The project specifications are changed and new project deadlines are set. The prototype joke is amended, however, in the process, the new joke loses some of its satirical quality. After obtaining approval for more budget, a new quality assurance oversight group is commissioned to audit the joke and the writing process.
Once the new joke has been fully audited, it is ready for field testing. Specialised test comedians are employed to determine the joke's comedic value, plus to determine the most effective mode of delivery under various comedic conditions.
Finally, the joke is delivered, six months late and millions of dollars over budget, along with 26 volumes of JokeSpec-compliant supporting documentation. After a further round of testing by Department of Comedy test comedians, the joke is approved and ready for initial field deployment. At first the joke is used carefully at informal meetings. When problems are found, comedy writers are shipped out on-site to fix minor wording issues.
After six months of this, the joke is ready for prime-time use.
I'd tell you what the joke actually is, but unfortunately I'm under an NDA. Sorry.
This reminds me of something from childhood days. (Score:2, Funny)
One of the closest things the 'Land of Make Believe' had to a "bad guy" was this annoying dude who had this book. In the book he would draw pictures of all of the things that were his.
Whenever he would see something he wanted, he would sit down, and draw it in his book, even it it wasn't his.
Then he'd run around yelling, "THAT'S MINE! SEE! IT'S IN MY BOOK! IT BELONGS TO ME! MINE!!!"
SCO, this is what YOU are behaving like.
Just because you have some code in your book that looks like ours, that doesn't mean its yours.
Please, won't you be our neighbor?
My TiVo's acting funny... (Score:3, Funny)
Uh oh (Score:5, Funny)
1) You are female.
2) You are a geek.
3) Your boyfriend is NOT a geek.
Better hope your home address isn't easy to find you'll find him dangling from the roof tied up in Cat-5 cable and a line of geeks wating to woo you.
Re:show sco where to stick their license fees (Score:4, Funny)
(Yes, it's the ASCII version and not the normal nastiness...link courtesy of Wikipedia [wikipedia.org].)
Re:show sco where to stick their license fees (Score:5, Funny)
"You will be hearing from us soon"
hahahaha, the joke's on them!
good luck finding scoblows@goatse.cx... poor schmuck
I just sent them my counter-offer (Score:5, Funny)
In the event that they can show that their SMP code is indeed in the Linux kernel, I offered to remove said code -- since I don't use it anyway -- and I offered "the finger" again, since I have two hands.
Re:SCO (Score:3, Funny)
Careful! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Next up... (Score:2, Funny)
I disagree (Score:4, Funny)
I was thinking, "uncle-fuckers."
Re:I own a TiVo... (Score:2, Funny)
I paid my $32. (Score:5, Funny)
I'm sorry, I can't divulge the location of the $32 at this time. I am willing to provide a set of scavenger hunt clues to selected, disinterested parties who are willing to sign an NDA, though...
Re:Maybe it is time to ask SCO nicely. (Score:3, Funny)
Why? I've already seen goatse.cx!
> Very quickly, SCO is becoming a household word. A four letter word.
Sometimes I wonder if Microsoft isn't keeping SCO on life support for any reason other than the fact that Darl McBride gives us someone to hate more than Bill Gates.
> As far as I'm concerned, SCO can go SCO itself.
Preach it, brother. I never thought I'd see a company hated more than Microsoft, but McBride and SCO aren't worthy to lick the sweat from Ballmer's armpits. Every day I read the financial press. And every day I just. don't. get. it.
Microsoft vs. DOJ - we all like to bash Billgatus, but two people could sit down over a beer and debate whether the courts are the right way to deal with monopolies, or which practices of Microsoft's were "illegal" and which were merely "hardball".
RAMBUS vs. Micron, Infineon, Dramurai - hey, at least some of RAMBUS' claims were plausible, and even if they played marginally dirty pool at the IEEE meetings, two people could sit down over a beer and have a legitimate debate over who invented DDR, and if the patent might also legitimately apply to SDRAM.
SCO vs. Whoever They Sued This Hour - closest thing to a debate you can have here is you and your buddy just keep drinking beer after beer, going "What the fuck? What the fucking fuck fuck?!"
Re:I own a TiVo... (Score:5, Funny)
Now all SCO needs to do, to really annoy and irritate everybody, is find some beer and pretzel companies who use Linux, and demand license fees.
Re:show sco where to stick their license fees (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Hotline (Score:3, Funny)
Is it a coincidence that their hotline number is 1-800-fuck-off?
Re:Next up... (Score:5, Funny)
I think of this as a sort of tragicomedy:
Scene: A really rough biker bar.
Crowd: About two dozen gigantic, violent, biker types. Some are playing pool, a couple are fistfighting in the back room, one or two others are throwing foot-long bowie knives at a dartboard.
Wham! The swinging door opens, hitting one biker's girlfriend on the shoulder. A midget in a three-piece suit scampers in.
Midget: "Hey, all you bikers! Look at all that leather! You suck! Don't you know you guys are a gay fetish???
The music stops with a scratching record sound. About twenty heads swivel around and stare at the midget. He scampers over to a chair, climbs up on it with little huffing and puffing sounds, and gets up on the bar. He starts kicking over everyone's drinks.
Midget: "Damnit, I invented leather clothes! All you weird gay fuckers owe me some MONEY! Pay up or I'm going to kick all your asses, then I'm going to fuck all your ugly, trailer-park bitches! You're going to have a bunch of little midget kids in nine months, you pansies!"
Biker #1: "Hey, guys -- it's kinda hard to tell, because I just dropped a tab of windowpane, but... Am I tripping, or is there a weird little fucking midget yelling at me?"
Bartender: "Yep, There's a weird little midget. Don't get any blood on my bar, ok? I just resurfaced it..."
Biker #2: "Not to worry, Danny boy, We'll take the little scamp outside and have a chat with him. Mind if we borrow your pony bat?"
Bartender: "Nah, here ya go. Mind the nail there, it's rusty."
Bikers #3, #4, #5, #6 (holding the squirming midget by his arms and legs): "Ok, you mouthy little fuck, it's time to go..."
Midget: "MMmpth takth thith gagth out of my moupth! You phuckerth are gonna getth itth!"
Biker #1: "Hey, you wanna ball gag? That dirty bar rag ain't gonna shut him up fer long..."
(outside) WHOMP POUND BANG BANG STOMP CRASH CRUSH
You have to wonder what is going through their MINDS! I mean, really. Don't most creatures have at least SOME sense of self-preservation???
Okay, so that was probably a joke (Score:5, Funny)
They just got this from me. (Score:5, Funny)
abuse@microsoft.com (fitting, I thought)
message:
With regards to the recent issues with infringing code in the linux kernel:
There's an object of mine in your house. I'm not telling you what it is, or where it is, but it's there, I promise.
I'm not going to identify the object, but I am going to request that you pay me $700 for the continued use of your house.
You may, if you wish, sign an NDA to find out the identification of the object, but under the terms of the agreement, you'll never be allowed inside another house again for the rest of your life.
Alternately, you can agree to waive the licensing fees for the Linux kernel and we can call it even, ok?
What I want to know... (Score:3, Funny)
2) Should I bring a few extra torches?
3) Is it a BYOP (Bring Your Own Pitchfork) party?
Interesting thought... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Must... have... licensing... revenue... (Score:3, Funny)
The sorry dolts who pay the license will get interviewed by WIRED just like that poor dude who never got his penis enlargement pills.
"They had a contract for me to sign, everything looked so official I thought they were legitiment."
If you feel the need to part with some money find your favorite open source project and send the developer(s) a check. When all is said and done, Linux will still be there, and will still be free to use, but you may be out some money for a license to a non-existent company. Who knows though, years from now SCO Licenses will be valuable collectors items.
Re:Must... have... licensing... revenue... (Score:3, Funny)
Hard to see the Dark Side is.
Re:Uh oh (Score:3, Funny)
By woo, I assume you mean have them stand in the corner, facing away from her, with their knees almost touching, trembling with fear, making low moaning noises that sound like 'Woooooooo'. That I'd buy.
-Charlie
Don't worry it's been taken care of (Score:5, Funny)
I wonder how big their feedback database can grow.
Re:show sco where to stick their license fees (Score:5, Funny)
I'd say it's more ironic than funny:
After the lawsuit ...
IBM to SCO: Do you feel lucky today? Well do ya?!?
Re:I own a TiVo... (Score:3, Funny)
Well, I'd say based on their behavior, SCO hasn't had any for a while.
Re:I own a TiVo... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:show sco where to stick their license fees (Score:2, Funny)
Dear Company,
Being the owner, administrator, user and programmer of many Linux boxes, I hereby disagree to your Linux License program and any fees implied/expressed therein.
In short. F\-/ck y0ur l4me 4ss of a company based on a l4wsuits business model. You'll have to pry this money from my cold, carpal tunneled hands. typos made to try to bypass angry filters.
Have a nice day.
Tomatoes on Linux World (Score:3, Funny)
Biggest mistake of the week: NOT inviting them as a keynote speaker. With this summer heat, there must be cases, cases and cases full of tomatoes waiting for a better use than eating or rotting.
On a different note:
Still wondering why Americans are still searching those weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. It's getting time for UN inspections in US lawyer's offices, jury rooms and court houses. What happens there is real mass destruction. And unfortunately, you are by now exporting these filthy habits. It is all so disruptive, and you all (from CNN to
Re:show sco where to stick their license fees (Score:2, Funny)
*submit*
Hmmm... form is still filled in...
*submit*
There's got to be a better way...
*View->Source*
Heh heh heh heh heh...
Re:show sco where to stick their license fees (Score:5, Funny)
Jack Valenti: "Yes, you can license Mr. Bond's likeness for your crappy convention, for the sum of $699 per attendee. More per attendee if any attendee has two heads, three arms, or other 'enterprise' features."
Darl: "Urk...."
You all are on notice. (Score:1, Funny)
Obviously your company has copied these letters verbatim in an attempt to pass them off as an original work of art. My counsel agrees that the letters "S", "C", and "O", which your company is using in the acronym "SCO", is an unauthorized derivative work and infringes on my IP rights.
I have recently sent letters to 18,324,102 individuals and companies whose names also contain the letters "S", "C" and "O" and informed them that they may be violating my intellectual property rights. At this time, I am announcing a licensing program for companies and individuals who wish to use the letters "S", "C" and "O". Until October 15, 2003, I am offering an introductory license price of $1 for an individual license and $100 for a cooperate license.
I believe it is necessary for companies and individuals to license my IP if they are using the letters "S", "C" and "O" in their name. The license insures that customers continue their use of the letters "S", "C" and "O" without violating my intellectual property rights.
hmmmmm (Score:1, Funny)
How are they planning to collect on any of this? It seems to me you have to prove a legal claim before you can collect on it.
OK, so lets say that I'm Brett Person, which is who I am, and I had built a computer in the 1970's and Id called it the "person computer" Could I have sued IBM and gotten a $1.00 for eavh personal computer. I doubt it. Even though if I had done it in the early 60's I could have claimed some right to the name "personal" computer as IP.
I clearly didnt do this and I\m clearly not IBM.
This is just another sign of how crappy the computer industry is becoming.
Linux is being targeted by sco because the name looks like Unix
Lets say I like to drink SCOtch, will I be sued for Infringement? What if my parents had made a poor choice and named me SCOtt?
If there really is a problem gere, lets see what it is.
I could probably have bought the possibility of the IBM sco thing, but sueing people who own Ticos or LinHandhelds is just plain wierd. Its not live these people loaded Linux on the device or even know that it is there.
Re:Here's what I sent them: (Score:3, Funny)
Answer from SCO: "because we like receiving revenue!" (This falls firmly into the 'duh' category)
Re:I own a TiVo... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I own a TiVo... (Score:1, Funny)
-AC
Uh-oh, I think I owe SCO $699... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:An interersting panic run (Score:2, Funny)
following the long tradition of ignoring their baby and the longer they ignored it the worse the case against them would be when they started to try and collect. Probably more the first than the second.
Interestingly Enough, SCO has admitted in various interviews that they don't own the IP ( Patent/CopyRight) that IBM put into linux, IBM does. They just believe that IBM broke it's contract with them when IBM did it. So, if they don't own it and they terminated IBM's license doesn't that mean that they will have to remove the IP from their code since IBM owns it?
Shouldn't the best case for SCO be, IBM losing and needing to pay them for breaking the contract. Then SCO either removing the IBM IP or licensing the IP from IBM?
Bonnie and Clyde (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Here's what I sent them: (Score:3, Funny)