SCO v. IBM

Message ID: 166576 Posted By: deepdistrust Subject: Free as in freedom Enderle put up a new article on linuxinsider about his SCOForum talk. The fellow claims he talked about 'free as in free beer' while groklaw mischaracterized this as 'free as in freedom'. I could never get my hands on his original speech - sco.com seems to be always down -, so I can't tell if he is lying now, but if he did summarize his original speech truthfully in the article, I have to say, the man sounds pretty reasonable. He goes on to claim that groklaw contains anti-SCO FUD. I don't think it does. Atleast not a lot. If there is any hype, it is about groklaw's own importance - "We are doing it! We are doing it with Truth! Blah blah blah". In any case, I was startled to find similarities between what he says and what I have been saying here - "Many of you are being manipulated by others ...". On the off-chance that SCO did hire him for PR and this is their officia

Message ID: 162020 Posted By: deepdistrust Subject: Linux Scare Tactics OSRM says Linux code may be infringing a few hundred patents. Starting from 2005, they will start providing protection against patent infringment claims for a price. They believe either that nobody will be sued over patents or (more likely) that the patents involved can be invalidated. Apparently, they have (or can get) what it takes to invalidate the patents and they will offer that knowledge for a price. OSRM's primary purpose appears to be to make money. That makes them neither noble nor evil, but they are not exactly friends of the community either. (Some will say the last couple of sentences apply equally well to SCO.) For Linux to continue to be safe for use by home users, any information needed to overthrow patents should be owned by the community, not by a private insurance company. This Yahoo! SCOX Message Board post has been licensed for copying and distribution under the following license: CCL Attrib