From: | "Gavin M(dot) Roy" <gmr(at)ehpg(dot)net> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: SCO Extortion |
Date: | 2004-01-21 22:50:20 |
Message-ID: | 400F022C.80807@ehpg.net |
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Here is a copy of the letter which I've sent out today:
http://www.gavinroy.com/~gavinr/SCO%20Response.pdf
We'll see their response and act accordingly. Thanks for all the
feedback everyone.
Gavin
Alex Satrapa wrote:
> Gavin M. Roy wrote:
>
>> My problem is the threat from SCO is not from the bleachers so to
>> speak, but direct in writing :(
>> http://www.gavinroy.com/~gavinr/sco_threat.gif
>
>
> That's a threat that SCO will take illegal action against you.
>
> It's the same as Luigi from The Family calling by to remind you that
> if you don't pay the insurance premium, bad things could happen to
> your office or your person.
>
> Ask them to detail:
> - The infringing code (and exactly how it infringes)
> - The ancestry of the code (where they got theirs from)
> - The licence that they expect you to sign (and note that
> their licence does not stop them from suing you further
> for using Linux, nor does it stop anyone else from suing
> you for using code that they've licenced to you)
> - The terms and conditions that accompany the licence
> - Their support policy
> - Their upgrade policy
>
> Make sure all the documentation is signed. That makes it easier to
> whack them with it if they take you to court.
>
> Check out these names in relation to the SCO case: Linus Torvalds and
> Eben Moglen. No doubt Eric Scott Raymond has made some comment on it.
> And as everyone else has stated, catch up with the latest at Groklaw.
>
> In the meantime, treat the SCO complaint as seriously as you'd treat a
> drunk cop who's just pulled you over and is trying to charge you with
> posession of drugs. He has no case, you just have to survive the
> immediate encounter. Don't sign anything, don't hand over any money,
> make no representation that you intend to agree with their demands,
> just keep them talking until you have enough evidence to hurt them with.
>
> Especially don't sign or pay for any "licence", since SCO is going to
> use the money and the fact as leverage (especially in court!) to get
> other, bigger companies to cave in to their demands.
>
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