On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 11:56, 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.
*snip* Theft of OSS has occurred in the past. There's a big difference between how the community has responded and how SCO has responded. The community contacts the involved party and works with them to resolve the issue. SCO sends threats, insults, and refuses to give details so that any issue can be resolved. It wants one solution: money. OSS developers want their license respected, but let the other party decide how. Be that opening the code, or replacing the offending code. Do we think a gathering in front of SCO office will make them change their mind? We're not insane. Do will think it will help inform others of the issue? Yes. That's what makes it worth while. We don't want SCO to be the only ones getting publicity. Yes, if there were violations, they must be resolved. But we want to draw attention to the fact that their approach has been despicable. -- Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED], AIM:StuartMJansen> "What hole did you dig that up from?" -- my roommate commenting on my taste in music
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