[ale] SCO is not lobbying Congress

[Adrin]

I have never written my congress man. Is there a letter form the Linux or OSDL , hope I
got that right, to print and send out?  Reading SCO's letter is a bunch of crap and scary.
If no one else speaks up then they will get their way in the end.


Something else I find strange. IMHO: I think only the original author or company should be
able to claim IP.  Just because you bought the copyrights and patents doesn't mean you
invented the transistor. Just means you own it.

Yet, Something else.  When one company or organization owns or controls the development of
ANYTHING, I believe that slows down development. It may even stop it.  If we were to stop
and think about it.  How many apps are actually being developed on Unix now days compared
to the past.  If Linux wasn't around would Unix even stand a chance?

Did I just write part of my letter?

Adrin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Byron
> A Jeff
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 8:34 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] SCO is not lobbying Congress
>
>
> comp.os.linux.advocacy #974460 (0 + 0 more)
> From: byron at cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
> [1] Re: SCO to Congress: Linux hurts the U.S.
> Date: Fri Jan 23 07:48:04 EST 2004
> Organization: College of Computing, Georgia Tech
> Lines: 26
>
> In article <Nh3Qb.14831$Ew5.6995 at newssvr25.news.prodigy.com>,
> Daniel Rudy  <dcrudy at invalid.pacbell.nospam.net.0123456789> wrote:
> -
> -Ah...
> -
> -More bullshit from Daryl McBride and Co.
> -
> -http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/22/HNscocongress_1.html
>
>
> In short: SCO has sent a letter espousing their "Linux is unAmerican and
> illegal" position to the 535 members of Congress. A copy of the letter can
> be found here:
>
> http://www.osaia.org/letters/sco_hill.pdf
>
>
> Here's the problem: Congresscritters may not know that each and every point
> in the letter is disputable bullshit. Without rebuttal, there is the a chance
> that the idea may somehow get some legs on the hill.
>
> If you have never written your Congressperson or Senator, now is the time to
> do it. We have to be sure that this insidious lying cancer does not get a
> chance to ruin the freedoms that we have worked so hard for.
>
> BAJ
>
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