[TriLUG] [Fwd: Fighting evil with evil]

[Tanner Lovelace]

Anyone on this list ever have a kernel patch accepted?  If so,
then please take a look at the following suggestion.

Cheers,
Tanner
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [linux-elitists] fwd: [SLL] Fighting evil with evil
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:40:12 -0800
From: Dan Wilder <dan at ssc.com>
To: linux-elitists at zgp.org

This suggestion from a local user and sometimes LJ author:

----- Forwarded message from Glenn Stone <technoshaman at liawol.org> -----

According to this article in the Register:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/33697.html

The SCO Group has begun distributing Linux under a more restrictive license
than the GPL.  I do believe they have stepped in the proverbial tar baby.
Each and every person who has ever written even a one-byte patch to Linux is
eligible to DMCA-notice them, and their upstream provider when they are
ignored.

If we were to all line up, all bazillion of us, and one at a time serve
their provider notice and have their bandwidth dropped until such time as
they correct their error, we could have them down for years!  Or at least
until such time as the clue-by-four connected with Darl McBride's temple, or
the SEC gets wise to this whole stock scheme and puts them out of business
for good....

But anyway.  Any Linux kernel contributor has the right to terminate SCO's
right to distribute same by citing non-compliance with the GPL, and serve
DMCA notice that they must cease and desist from providing
therefore-unlicensed software for download.

SCO's upstream provider, as far as mtr can tell:

XO Communications, Inc.  (INEX-NOC)               noc at ENG.XO.COM
       1400 PARKMOOR AVE
       SAN JOSE, CA 95126-3429
       US
       408-817-2800 fax: 408-817-2630

Time for a little legal judo.  Go for it.

-- Glenn

----- End forwarded message -----

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