[Linux-aus] Statement on SCO

[Leon Brooks]

I'd like to see a joint official statement from LA and SLPWA on SCO's 
storm-in-a-teacup and get it into the newspapers.

Something along the lines of the GPL and the kernel patch submission 
process providing extreme screening protection against exactly the kind 
of apparently baseless complaints that SCO is raising, deploring SCO's 
sustained ignorance of Linux's importance and capabilities (maybe 
mention SGI's Altix and the Beowulf system en passant), deploring the 
capital Microsoft is making of an unfortunate situation by sticking 
their oar in (note that the GPL depends on intellectual property laws 
for its operation and that what MS and SCO are seeking to protect is 
the "right" to play dog-in-the-manger, not the right to intellectual 
property), and assuring the business community that using Linux is not 
only safe but pretty much inevitable.

The idea is to complement Con's release rather than reiterating it, to 
show FOSS groups acting cooperatively, and to get two more names before 
the public eye in a positive light.

Before I set fingers to keyboard, I'd like to hear Jeremy Malcolm's 
pro-bono opinion on the above points, and y'all opining both on the 
content front and the desirability or otherwise of a joint media 
statement.

Cheers; Leon

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http://cyberknights.com.au/     Modern tools; traditional dedication
http://plug.linux.org.au/       Committee Member, Perth Linux User Group
http://slpwa.asn.au/            Committee Member, Linux Professionals WA
http://linux.org.au/            Committee Member, Linux Australia