SCO ANNOUNCES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSE FOR LINUX

[Loki Harfagr]

Avi Dines <amendoza@schwartz-pr.com> wrote in news:4111-22003825164950140
@amendoza:

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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> SCO ANNOUNCES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSE FOR LINUX
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> SCO provides commercial Linux users with run-time, binary license to run
> SCO's intellectual property in Linux

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Is it a joke ?
Was this message spoofed ?
Is this newsgroups looted ?
Someone's gone mad ?

[Bill Andersen]

Loki Harfagr wrote:

> I daresay :)
> Some folks are really doing funny things for money these times ;)
>
> Probably time I spread the news I put a license on alphabet and numbers !

Don't laugh too hard. I designed a font that teaches the
alphabet to children. Back in 1984, I got a letter from a
big publishing company that said my font infringed on their
copyright because teachers could now re-create the same
pages they had in their books using "letters and numbers".
They said they had copyrighted the printed alphabet as we
currently draw it...

I had to spend some money to fight it, but I won. (obviously)

The point is, I HAD to spend money for an attorney, etc.
The publishing company was betting I wouldn't go to the trouble
of fighting... (or couldn't afford to fight). It was a
calculated risk, just like what SCO is doing with Linux, IBM, etc.

../bill