SCO's new offensive and the GPL
Posted Jul 22, 2003 12:11 UTC (Tue) by
kfox (guest, #4767)
In reply to:
SCO's new offensive and the GPL by jdthood
Parent article:
SCO's new offensive
The defense is: (1) a large, global
community of developers, (2) an open
and transparent development process,
and (3) fast response in removal
and replacement of infringing work.
Oh wait, Linux already has that
defense.
The problem is SCO has not attacked
Linux -- they are making threats to
attack. If SCO actually attacked,
the whole thing would blow over in
a couple months and insiders would
not have an opportunity to (legally)
cash out their stock.
As far as FUD "attacks" go, those
are self defeating. People will hear
them and worry about them at first.
After hearing about them for years
with nothing bad happening, people
stop worrying. In the end, groups
spewing FUD are seen as self-interested,
anti-social, and destructive -- even
insane. Surely you remember the story
about the boy crying wolf? FUD does
not work.
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