On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 11:56:06AM -0600, Bob Weaver wrote: > It's sad to see that a lot of the members of this list have gone so far off in their > desire to gain fame and > notoriety at the expense of another.. I don't like what SCO is doing any more than > anyone else. But the fact > of the matter is, if there is any truth to their allegations, the offenders should > be prosecuted. If someone > breaks the law, they should be prepared to accept the punishment. This is not my > opinion, it is the way things > are. If Microsoft stole GPL'd code and used it in a closed-source project, you would > all be furious and > demanding justice. I don't see how this is any different looking at it objectively. > If there is in fact no > truth in the case, that will be decided. Either way, it's sad to see that the > primary focus of many of the > members of the mailing list has turned to spite and childish attempts to get noticed.
I think that if IBM is wrong they should be punished. What I don't agree with is the FUD that SCO has been saying about Linux. > I have better things to do with my time than stage infantile protests just to gain > attention and seek out the > fame associated with it. No matter how you try to justify this thing, that is the > only reason you are doing > it. It will not change anything in the case. It will not hurt SCO. It is only being > done to gain recognition. > Nothing else. If that's what you think, that's ok. I don't think I will hurt SCO, but if I have the opportunity to advocate what I believe in, I'll do it. By your standards others who have protested such as Ghandi and Martin Luther King were childish wimps too. They must have wanted attention too. > This said, I hope the list can get it's focus back on track and get back to the > things that are important. I > wish you all well in your pursuit of Linux and other projects out there that are > worth supporting. I've had a > good time helping out with questions on this list and in some of the general > discussion. But it's time to move > on to better things now. And if SCO wins will I have to pay for a licsense of Linux? Will the GPL be valid? Bob, I respect the OLD Caldera. They did a lot of good for the Linux community (you named them all like: rpm, openoffice, etc). The NEW Caldera (SCO) is sue happy and are threatening everything they once stood for. We are fighting what THE NEW SCO has done in the last 3 months. Have fun with your better things. > I'm sad to see how far down the list has gone. But as Despair, Inc. put it so well: > http://www.despair.com/idiocy.html Despair, Inc. Now that's a company who earns their money. :-) -Evan -- /********************************************************************\ Evan McNabb: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://evan.mcnabbs.org System Administrator, CS Department, BYU GnuPG Fingerprint: 53B5 EDCA 5543 A27A E0E1 2B2F 6776 8F9C 6A35 6EA5 \********************************************************************/
pgp00000.pgp
Description: PGP signature
____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
