[TriLUG] O.T., but interesting (SCO Protest)

[Gnu Man]

I found a link with pictures of the "anti-protests" posters.

http://www.kuwan.net/scoAntiProtest/index.html

These people are unbelieveable.

On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 21:34, Gnu Man wrote:
> I agree that SCO certainly has the F.U.D. machine in high gear, I doubt
> that they involved themselves with Linux to destroy and/or earn fees
> from licensed "derivative works".  My personal opinion is that they see
> this as a last ditch effort to save a failing company or to settle the
> case and be bought out.  
> 
> Let's forget the politics and grandstanding for a minute and look at the
> practical aspect of their argument.
> 
> SCO claims that Unix System V code has been copied illegally into the
> Linux kernel.  
> 
> If this is the case, I would imagine that if shown the offending code,
> the Open Source community could replace said code in a relatively short
> period of time.
> 
> SCO knows this, but they want to drag this fiasco out all over the
> courts and the media, getting "free" publicity from a potentionally
> trivial problem.
> 
> I think SCO's involvement with Linux is one of it's biggest holes in
> it's case.  If anyone put SCO's code in Linux, SCO itself would be one
> of the first and most likely suspects.  So I find it hard to believe
> that this was planned before their involvement with Linux.
> 
> However I do agree that this matter will effect the future of Linux and
> Open Source.  Hopefully when the dust settles, the truth will come out,
> any copyrighted code will be replaced, and more people will see the
> benenfits of Open Source software.
> 
> On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 18:02, Smitty wrote:
> > On Sunday 22 June 2003 13:50, Gnu Man wrote:
> > > Check out this SCO protest by a fellow LUG (PLUG, Provo Linux Users
> > > Group).
> > >
> > > http://mirror.lug-nut.com/
> > >
> > > Here is an interesting section from the web site:
> > >
> > > -->SNIP
> > > "One of the more interesting parts of the event this afternoon was as
> > > the linux users showed up to begin the protest, several people came out
> > > of the SCO building with pre-prepared posters for the protest. In
> > > several of the pictures you will notice them trying to mingle in with
> > > the crowd, or trying to make sure their posters were seen amongst the
> > > crowd. These posters had such winning slogans as:
> > >
> > >
> > > I love software piracy
> > >
> > > I don't pay for my music, I'm not paying for my os, so sue me
> > >
> > > My son stole code & published it! And all I got was this lousy t-shirt
> > >
> > > Try communism - use Linux"
> > >
> > > -->SNIP
> > SCO are truly enemies of free software and are attempting to position linux 
> > users with criminals.  What has amazed me is how scheming and diabolical they 
> > are.  It seems that they involved themselves with Linux for the sole purpose 
> > of undermining and subverting it.  Real strategic planning went into this.  
> > It is not coincidental.  
> > Smitty
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