Let's not forget [LWN.net]

Let's not forget

Posted Jul 22, 2003 14:24 UTC (Tue) by hjweth (guest, #1365)
Parent article: The 2003 Kernel Developers Summit

None of this would be possible without SCO, which has provided all the participants with scripts (with pronunciation guides), so they can sound like they know about all these complicated teknology.

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Let's not forget

Posted Jul 22, 2003 14:38 UTC (Tue) by dwalters (guest, #4207) [Link] (1 responses)

LOL!

In all seriousness, though, why isn't SCO on the agenda at this summit? I'm sure SCO's actions weighs very heavily on the minds of most of the kernel developers who will be attending the summit, and if the kernel developers put their collective brains (and copyrights) behind it, I'm sure they could come up with some effective counter-attack.

Let's not forget

Posted Jul 22, 2003 17:22 UTC (Tue) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link]

This is the technical summit, not the legal/business issues summit. Still, I'm sure that there will be lots of quiet conversations about what to do. It might be best if the kernel copyright holders empower Linux International (or some other body) to deal with the legal issues, just as Linus has done for trademark enforcement.

At some point, some body with official standing is going to need to contest the issue in the press, and possibly issue official announcements, for example, that SCO is in breach of the GPL and the Linux copyright holders are invoking clause 4, and threaten similar action against anyone who publicly pressures anyone to obtain an SCO license in order to "legally" run Linux (as such pressures are an attempt to sublicense a GPLed work). The kernel developers should be insulated from this ugliness, but we can't let SCO go around extorting licenses from people without objecting.