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| DATE | 2003-08-07 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] [lordvolton@yahoo.com: Re: Your legal rights against SCO.]
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Yes Please.
Bob
--- Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
wrote:
> Did you want me to pass this on the NYLXS
>
>
> Ruben
>
> On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 10:34:00AM -0700, Bob Smith
> wrote:
> > "The [SCO] company on Tuesday set a price tag on
> the
> > open-source OS: the "SCO Intellectual Property
> License
> > for Linux" will cost $1,399 for single-CPU
> servers.
> > The company said an introductory server price of
> $699
> > for one CPU will be available though Oct. 15."
> >
> > $1,399? Here is the irony. Let's assume that 10
> lines
> > are there own work and the REST is someone elses
> hard
> > work - the open source communities. Do the open
> > sournce programmers get 99% of that?
> >
> > SCO is free riding. Anyone who helped create Linux
> has
> > a legal claim against SCO for free riding on their
> > hard work. SCO is getting an economic advantage
> from
> > someone elses work. Quite possibly yours.
> >
> > When the open source programmers signed up, even
> under
> > SCO's scenario, they did so with the understanding
> > that no one would be charging a universal
> licensing
> > fee for it. Those programmers are NOT getting the
> > benefit of SCO's bargain.
> >
> > So all of you Linux programmers -- you have a
> legal
> > claim against SCO. You should consider contacting
> an
> > attorney and bringing SCO to court in your state.
> > Since SCO expects the businesses to be
> compensated,
> > it's only fair that they compensate Linux
> programmers
> > for the licensing fees they are collecting. After
> all,
> > it was your work that built the Linux OS they're
> now
> > selling.
> >
> > They must remove all of YOUR code before they can
> sell
> > it or compensate each and every one of you.
> >
> > To find a local attorney visit www.martindale.com.
> >
> >
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