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Unix For Sale: Massively Damaged, Sold As Is & Absent Delusions Of Grandeur Over Linux Copyright Infringement
from the $1-obo dept
Having lost pretty much everything -- including most of its business and its longstanding lawsuit concerning Linux -- SCO is now apparently trying to sell off what remains of its "Unix assets," -- which, as you may have heard, does not appear to include the Unix copyrights. It's unclear what anyone would really do with whatever magical assets the sale comes with, but I would suggest suing IBM for infringement is not one of the better ideas.
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recursion
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Re: recursion
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Not everything is for sale
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Which means...
I mean, sure, the usual discount applies - assume it is a bucket of crap that the owner can't monetize (never mind that legal rights... oh, whatever).
The interesting part will be when they actually describe what they're selling.
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Re: Not everything is for sale
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C'Mon SCO...
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Leader?
Leading? Hah!
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Subject
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bid up to
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They're selling Unixware and Openserver
Those OSes cannot run on modern computers, they need to be run with a virtualization tool (sold extra) that makes the OS think it's running on a 1990-era CPU.
SCO has not gained any new customers since 2003, and they have lost most of their legacy users since then. They have raised their prices several times since, and never turned up a profit. SCOXQ.pk current market cap is $1.75M
So, someone that buys UnixWare+OpenServer + the 7 remaining tech people, gets a marginal product that's a proven money-loser, that loses 20% of its few remaining customers every year.
First Santa Cruz and later Caldera (The SCO Group) have attempted to produce a 64-bits version of UnixWare for the last 15 years, and have failed miserably.
If anyone wants its own 64-bit OS that badly, they'd be better off starting with BSD that cost nothing and is public domain code.
The first $2M of the sale proceeds will go to an investors group headed by Ralph Yarro, which has superpriority over any creditor.
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Re: They're selling Unixware and Openserver
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BSD is Public Domain!
""e. Without waiving any of its proprietary rights therein, USL agrees that UNIX Derived Files listed in Exhibit B, or any material therein, may be freely distributed by the University and may be freely reproduced and redistributed by others without payment of any royalties or fees and without execution of any license agreement with USL and/or the University, provided such files or portions thereof include, in text form, a USL Copyright Notice and the same list of restrictions on use and redistribution of the software presently contained in the Net2 version of the file."
see http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20041126130302760
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Re: BSD is Public Domain!
There are parts of what today is the BSDs that was declared public domain back then. But much, much water has gone under the bridge since then...
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She Offered Her Honor, and He Honored Her Offer...
The SCO Group, Inc., 333 South 520 West, Suite. 170, Lindon, Utah 84042, Attn: Ryan Tibbitts"
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C'mon now, we can send them a few offers, can't we? I think it only fitting that as their ship finally goes down, they receive a manila envelope or two with some "realistic" offers for their product, their ethics, and their legacy.
Don't you?
Remember: NON-CONTINGENT offers only please. Nice and official looking. Tell your friends.
CBMHB
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Seriously am hoping it gets bought out and disseminated publicly by some or another charitable individual.
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Instead I give you all the universal today :) (smile face).
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Not so. This has been debunked many times. Just for the record, I'll restate that Linux is not based upon Unix.
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That depends on how you define based.
If you use based to mean using the same psychology then the answer is that Linux is based on Unix.
If you use based to mean using the dame packages then the answer is Linux is not based on Unix.
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For more information
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bid
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Novell?
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"In the The 1994 USL-Regents of UCal Settlement Agreement (which has been made public due to the effirts of a Groklaw reader), AT&T and the Regents agree that the code at issue is Public Domain:
""e. Without waiving any of its proprietary rights therein, USL agrees that UNIX Derived Files listed in Exhibit B, or any material therein, may be freely distributed by the University and may be freely reproduced and redistributed by others without payment of any royalties or fees and without execution of any license agreement with USL and/or the University, provided such files or portions thereof include, in text form, a USL Copyright Notice and the same list of restrictions on use and redistribution of the software presently contained in the Net2 version of the file."
see http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20041126130302760"
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Sell off the software, keep the [ bogus ] lawsuits?
The trick will be to ensure some overeager IP troll doesn't pick this up and start the whole damnable thing up all over again.
SCOX(Q) DELENDA EST!!
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