[TriLUG] SCO Conference Call

[Ben Pitzer]

RMS?  Is that YOU?!?!?!?!

Regards,
Ben Pitzer

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 deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-admin at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org]On Behalf
> Of Tanner Lovelace
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 5:33 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] SCO Conference Call
>
>
> On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 17:28, Gnu Man wrote:
> > That would be like cutting off the head to cure the headache.
> >
> > The root of the problem is IP (intellectual property).  Open source
> > needs a system to protect everyone that copyrighted code is not entered
> > into their source trees.
> >
> > I'm afraid if this problem is not fixed, Open Source Software's future
> > does not look very good.
>
> Ok, I'm calling you on this right now!  This is nothing but FUD.
> Open Source Software's future is perfectly fine.  There are plenty
> of safeguards for this, and if somehow something slips through
> it gets removed as fast as it can get identified.
>
> I begin to wonder why you are hiding behind the facade of a name
> like Gnu Man.  Who are you really?  With statements like that, you're
> no Gnu Man.  Do you work at SCO?   Go spread your FUD elsewhere.
>
> Tanner
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>  This would be a very good time to hang out with the Open Source
>  people, before they get formally reclassified as a national security
>  threat. -- Bruce Sterling
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