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Darl McBride: Pesky commie Europeans are stealing my IP by using Linux!.

from #samba, name retained to highlight the guilty:

<gimpy> cant they like change the gpl to not allow sco to use anything licensed under it?
<gimpy> its sco, nobody will mind im sure

Sigh.

An old colleague gave me a choice quote today, which I can't reproduce verbatim due to the fact that it's being published in his trade publication shortly and I'm sure there are issues of copyright and what not, but the gist of the quote is that a chap from SCO says of the Linux lawsuit that a win for SCO will be a win for IP and capitalism, while a loss will be a victory for the socialist or communist ideas behind Linux.

Yes, socialist and communist.

SCO said it will reveal in June the Unix code has been copied into Linux, but only to select people, such as independent analysts who have signed nondisclosure agreements. It won't share that code publicly, saying the Unix code is proprietary.

Also, they say they "probably won't" sue Linus Torvalds.

HELLO, EARTH CALLING SCO...