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The next chapter in the Merkey sagaThe next chapter in the Merkey sagaPosted Jun 22, 2005 19:33 UTC (Wed) by yodermk (subscriber, #3803)Parent article: The next chapter in the Merkey saga
Wow, this thing is chock full of howlers! And filed with Dale Kimball. Now we know SCO's strategy ... trying to get the judge to die laughing by getting Merkey to file this load of tripe.
"58. [Merky's offer to buy a BSD fork of the kernel] was originally suggested by Alan Cox"
Yeah right!!!!!
"59. OSS and Linux responded in a venomous manner to this proposal and while many members accepted the proposal..."
Huh??? Did any single person respond in a way halfway favorable to Merkey?
"...Perens, OSRM, and Groklaw and those acting in concert with them opposed it, and used their influence with OSS and Linux members by posting messages through the public Internet to defame and [...] threats to overthrow governmental systems."
Hey guys, let's overthrow the US government to get this Merkey dimwit!!!
LOL!
"57. During October of 2004, Mr. Merkey offered to purchase a fork of the Linux kernel from Linux and OSS members for an internal Open Source project whose intent was to support education and development of computer development skills within Native American Communities. [...]"
He had to buy a fork of the Linux kernel for an "internal Open Source project????" How in tarnation would the GPL not be adequate for that?
Never mind the fact that this masterpiece has more typos and spelling errors than you can shake a stick at.
I suppose I'm a defendant now. Oh well, I'm living far away from the States at the moment, so he can have fun tracking me down!
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The next chapter in the Merkey saga Posted Jun 22, 2005 20:56 UTC (Wed) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767) [Link] Well, as the judge stated in the Find of Fact in the 1998 Movell/Merkey case:
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As near as I can tell, this is not a description of testimony by someone else. This is the judge's own conclusion about Merkey.
(Oh, and Jeff want's me to specify that this was not part of the final proceding, though as far as I know it is the latest since Merkey settled the case out of court. And heaven knows what difference it makes how long the judge took to figure it out.)
Jeff truly does live in his own seperate reality. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Jeff does openly admit to using hallucinogens, right? Not just in the past, but in the present?
The next chapter in the Merkey saga Posted Jun 22, 2005 20:57 UTC (Wed) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216) [Link] >>"58. [Merky's offer to buy a BSD fork of the kernel] was originally suggested by Alan Cox"
>Yeah right!!!!!
I could see Alan saying something like that *IN JEST* when sorely provoked by someone very clueless (and I'll let your imagination wander on who I might be meaning by that...)
The next chapter in the Merkey saga Posted Jun 22, 2005 21:55 UTC (Wed) by yodermk (subscriber, #3803) [Link] Also, he claims (25 & 26) that articles by Perens and Jones are read by "hundreds of millions of people."
Let's see, that's maybe 4-10% of the world's population!
Perens and Jones write some good stuff, but I don't think their writings are almost as popular as the Bible...
"38. The Open Source Movement (OSS) is a globally distributed community of independent individuals who promote development of open source computer technology under the GPL. The OSS also includes the majority of the members of the Linux Community."
Really, just the GPL? OSS folks don't think there are any other good licenses out there?
"39. Among other things, the OSS advocates that all computer technology should be free, and should be accessible to all people around the world at no charge and no cost."
LOL, he just described Stallman's FSF, the archenemy of OSS!
I am starting to think that this is all a big hoax to get people riled up. Actually filing this with a court would be an unprecedented display of human stupidity.
The next chapter in the Merkey saga Posted Jun 23, 2005 0:11 UTC (Thu) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75) [Link] LOL, he just described Stallman's FSF, the archenemy of OSS! That doesn't do a very good job of describing Stallman's views, either. RMS has quite specifically that Free Software is a matter of freedom, not of price. In the early days of GNU, RMS earned his living by selling copies of GNU software, the FSF still raises funds by distributing GNU software, and RMS encourages businesses to make money that way. Some RMS quotes on the matter (from Selling Free Software).
(All emphasis is in the original.) Those sure don't sound like quotes from somebody who thinks that it's immoral to charge money for software.
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