SCO doing something [LWN.net]

SCO doing something

Posted Aug 29, 2003 16:18 UTC (Fri) by Ross (subscriber, #4065)
In reply to: The EFF's anti-SCO congressional letter campaign by skybunny
Parent article: The EFF's anti-SCO congressional letter campaign

They have done a lot already.

* They have sent invoices for goods not delivered (assuming that you don't
agree with them that they own parts of Linux and can legally bundle them
with GPLed code).

* They have made false accusations (assuming you don't believe they own the
implementation of the BPF in Linux).

* They have tried to interfere with Linux vendors.

* They may have abused the stock market.

* They may have colluded with a monopolist to reduce competition.

* They continue to make claims, retract those claims, make similar but
different claims, and generally FUD Linux, the GPL, Linux vendors, Linux
developers, and Linux users. Their commentary about the lawsuit seems to
be designed for maximum confusion and maximum coverage in the media. The
actual lawsuit doesn't appear to be about the same issues, though it too
seems to be designed to be inflammatory.

I think there is plenty of material to work with if Congress wanted to do
something about it. But I doubt they do.

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