From: | Adam Ruth <aruth(at)intercation(dot)com> |
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To: | "Gavin M(dot) Roy" <gmr(at)ehpg(dot)net> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: SCO Extortion |
Date: | 2004-01-22 01:07:29 |
Message-ID: | 59BC6A64-4C77-11D8-A6A9-000A959D1424@intercation.com |
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Excellent response!
On Jan 21, 2004, at 3:50 PM, Gavin M. Roy wrote:
> 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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