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:The Inquirer: SCO to Argue General Public Licence Invalid
The Inquirer: SCO to Argue General Public Licence Invalid
Aug 14, 2003, 14 :00 UTC (73 Talkback[s]) (15450 reads)

[ Thanks to el for this link. ]

"SCO will attempt to win its $3 billion case against IBM by arguing that the General Public Licence (GPL) is invalid.

"That's what a pleader at legal practice Boies Schiller and Flexner is telling the Wall Street Journal today...

"But according to today's WSJ, quoting lawyer Mark Heise, the GPL is pre-empted by US federal copyright law..."

Complete Story

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
So the article reports that GPL isn' ...   SCO argument limp!   
Steve Wilson
Aug 14, 2003, 14:16:52
 
Boggle indeed. Surely, this has to be an ...   Boggle!   
mikeTA
Aug 14, 2003, 14:21:59
 
The bottom of the barrel yet?  ...   Have they reached   
Colin Walls
Aug 14, 2003, 14:29:43
 
Have they reached the bottom of the barr ...   the bottom of the barrel?   
Andy B
Aug 14, 2003, 14:40:16
 
I think copyright law will protect copyr ...   Copyright Law   
Rudy Young
Aug 14, 2003, 14:40:30
 
I am the copyright holder of this file,  ...   Oh, Goodie!   
David F. Skoll
Aug 14, 2003, 14:52:39
 
When they were argueing against MS, they ...   Bois-shiller   
a.c.
Aug 14, 2003, 15:00:39
 
Or truly delusional!And I thought lawyer ...   They have got to be kidding   
TheClient
Aug 14, 2003, 15:03:19
 
Could it be at last that SCO knows it ha ...   Are we......   
Glen
Aug 14, 2003, 15:03:31
 
Or have SCO's lawyers not understood ...   Am I missing the point?   
ac
Aug 14, 2003, 15:03:49
 
Interesting, if this story turns out to  ...   contradicts earlier rhetoric   
Roy Bixler
Aug 14, 2003, 15:05:04
 
If this really is going to be their stra ...   McBride/Boise.... Mental Help is one the way....   
Nicholas Donovan
Aug 14, 2003, 15:06:42
 
Think about UnixWare's Linux Kernel  ...   Time for GPL Copyright Holders to revoke SCO's   
Volker Hett
Aug 14, 2003, 15:08:49
 
People in desperation do desperate attem ...   Desperation   
Tomáš Marek
Aug 14, 2003, 15:11:27
 
The GPL cannot be revoked.  ...   Re: Time for GPL Copyright Holders to revoke SCO&#   
ac
Aug 14, 2003, 15:14:46
 
One wonders what those clowns will think ...   daily dose of comedy   
wildpossum
Aug 14, 2003, 15:16:02
 
If this kind of legal argument is the be ...   I am not worried   
blacklight
Aug 14, 2003, 15:28:54
 
...has exuded the sepulchral odor of the ...   This whole SCO attack on Linux . . .   
Ursus Orribilus
Aug 14, 2003, 15:29:30
 
is the Copyright Act, Title 17 of the US ...   What Heise is refering to...   
Jim
Aug 14, 2003, 15:35:40
 
How does that work then? According to He ...   I wonder if this is McBride speaking without legal   
Shiva
Aug 14, 2003, 15:37:14
 
Let the battle begin...  ...   finally   
Darwin
Aug 14, 2003, 15:38:24
 
Well this should be interesting, althoug ...   Legal dominos.   
Ostracus
Aug 14, 2003, 15:38:43
 
It would seem more insider trading is so ...   More insider trading to follow....   
anon
Aug 14, 2003, 15:45:01
 
> Young Daryl better hope he has some da ...   Re: McBride/Boise.... Mental Help is one the way..   
llywrch
Aug 14, 2003, 15:51:45
 
Site licenses. We have site licenses for ...   Simple rebuttal.   
Brandioch Conner
Aug 14, 2003, 15:58:43
 
This gets so stupid...First, two Linux d ...   Lack of smarts !   
GH
Aug 14, 2003, 16:00:09
 
Your Honor!The GPL Contract that our ear ...   Thats Much More Better   
Samuel Taylor
Aug 14, 2003, 16:02:54
 
> I think copyright law will protect cop ...   Re: Copyright Law   
Fred
Aug 14, 2003, 16:09:15
 
I am not a lawyer, but it seems to me th ...   IANAL but...   
Joe User
Aug 14, 2003, 16:14:05
 
Holds the copyright to "Dreamcatcher", h ...   So if Stephen King   
Rufus Polson
Aug 14, 2003, 16:14:48
 
That's is what they originally said  ...   Re: contradicts earlier rhetoric   
Daniel W. Shull
Aug 14, 2003, 16:17:15
 
 > According to today's WSJ, quoting ...   Clearly SCO's real goal is anti-GPL FUD   
ac
Aug 14, 2003, 16:22:49
 
SCO had best tread lightly as had Boise  ...   Re: McBride/Boise.... Mental Help is one the way   
I R A Darth Aggie
Aug 14, 2003, 16:28:55
 
>U.S. copyrights law actually restricts  ...   SCO-scum teaches me something everyday   
blacklight
Aug 14, 2003, 16:35:41
 
Some time ago I predicted an open attack ...   I've been saying they would do this   
Eric Laffoon
Aug 14, 2003, 16:39:05
 
Still people there  who hesitate about M ...   SCO's joyride ends   
Pete Dawson
Aug 14, 2003, 16:43:58
 
Would like to add, that SCO is as we all ...   Re: Clearly SCO's real goal is anti-GPL FUD   
GH
Aug 14, 2003, 16:44:07
 
Has Darl been seen wandering aimlessly i ...   Darl == Gollum?   
I R A Darth Aggie
Aug 14, 2003, 16:46:22
 
who gets both arms and legs chopped off  ...   Remember the knight in "In Search of the Holy Grai   
laughs
Aug 14, 2003, 17:01:41
 
> Site licenses.>  Yes, but according to ...   Re: Simple rebuttal.   
Anil Wang
Aug 14, 2003, 17:09:58
 
Most likely the SCO lawyers are just thr ...   diversion tactics   
james
Aug 14, 2003, 17:12:30
 
Canopy Group == Angler fish. SCO == dang ...   Canopy Group == Angler fish. SCO == dangle.   
cr
Aug 14, 2003, 17:38:35
 
Most copies of Windows came installed on ...   Therefore, Windows is Illegal   
ac
Aug 14, 2003, 17:45:02
 
> The GPL cannot be revoked.If you don&# ...   Re: Re: Time for GPL Copyright Holders to revoke S   
Sjaak Zomer
Aug 14, 2003, 17:53:12
 
Give that 70% of the people in Utah are  ...   Re: Re: McBride/Boise.... Mental Help is one the w   
kws
Aug 14, 2003, 17:57:32
 
 First, two Linux distributions, Lycoris ...   Re: Lack of smarts !   
horne
Aug 14, 2003, 18:01:31
 
>That argument is so ridiculous, it will ...   Re: Clearly SCO's real goal is anti-GPL FUD   
Carlos Cesar
Aug 14, 2003, 18:16:32
 
MS obviously has more than one backup co ...   MS in violation!!!   
Uai Zass
Aug 14, 2003, 18:20:24
 
There are so many holes in this line of  ...   So Many Holes   
C. Whitman
Aug 14, 2003, 18:22:12
 
Linux enthusiasts everywhere should all  ...   Thank you, SCO   
Gups Phoo
Aug 14, 2003, 18:35:10
 
> Boggle indeed. > Surely, this has to b ...   Re: Boggle!   
Rick Ellis
Aug 14, 2003, 18:57:08
 
> Could it be at last that SCO knows it  ...   Re: Are we......   
Rick Ellis
Aug 14, 2003, 19:04:41
 
Backup copy argument isn't relevant  ...   Backup copies are relevant for proprietary softwar   
wb
Aug 14, 2003, 19:16:26
 
It was only a matter of time before the  ...   We expected this   
Alex Chejlyk
Aug 14, 2003, 19:16:30
 
contact competent lawyers, and file suit ...   The SCO lawyers should . . .   
anon
Aug 14, 2003, 19:48:52
 
> Or have SCO's lawyers not understo ...   Re: Am I missing the point?   
Samuel Taylor
Aug 14, 2003, 23:03:48
 
It's getting to the point that every ...   Sheesh   
flacco
Aug 14, 2003, 23:22:16
 
Limp?  It's practically inverted.  ...   Re: SCO argument limp!   
flacco
Aug 14, 2003, 23:23:40
 
SCO sounds like the residents of Castle  ...   Re:Remember the knight in "In Search of the Holy G   
Samuel Taylor
Aug 14, 2003, 23:43:52
 
I know I've said it before, but we h ...   Re: SCO's joyride ends   
Rob Sixpack
Aug 14, 2003, 23:59:08
 
Could everybody be mistaking SCO's m ...   Are you sure?   
anthony
Aug 15, 2003, 00:08:20
 
``We have site licenses for a fe ...   Re: Simple rebuttal   
Richard N. Turner
Aug 15, 2003, 00:18:00
 
The thing they are referring to is calle ...   Fair use   
Bojan Smojver
Aug 15, 2003, 02:40:02
 
The article can't go into legal deta ...   Let the Party Begin   
Linux-trud
Aug 15, 2003, 03:41:45
 
>  First, two Linux distributions, Lycor ...   Re: Re: Lack of smarts !   
GH
Aug 15, 2003, 04:02:08
 
I thought there was such a thing called  ...   I just dun understand why SCO wanna destroy Linux   
skyfolly
Aug 15, 2003, 05:06:33
 
just look at the arguments of these stup ...   Heise is a W@NK@!!! Lawyer   
Xunil Ung
Aug 15, 2003, 10:03:03
 
 > Young Daryl better hope he has some d ...   Re: McBride/Boise.... Mental Help is one the way   
Xunil Ung
Aug 15, 2003, 12:36:54
 
I don't believe that SCO wants to de ...   Re: I just dun understand why SCO wanna destroy Li   
GH
Aug 15, 2003, 14:29:05
 
Actually, it seems that I gave too much  ...   Re: Fair use   
Bojan Smojver
Aug 19, 2003, 12:36:13
 
If there is something too aberrant is th ...   SCO Cruel Intentions   
Perry Walsh
Aug 24, 2003, 01:41:34
 
David F. Skoll, SCO have already effecti ...   Re: Oh, Goodie!   
Wesley Parish
Aug 25, 2003, 08:38:53
 
This article makes me thing some things. ...   SCO is a bunch of hippies!   
James Cornell
Nov 21, 2003, 14:54:47
 
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