On Thursday 11 September 2003 13:55, Sourian wrote: > Here we go again... > > http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?news/news_story.php?id=47107 > > > This is like a bad ongoing dream... > > Best regards, > Sourian
Hello, No, it's not just a bad dream, this is the strategy becoming apparent. SCO are not alone in this, they are just the spearhead of an otherwise hidden attack. And, no, I am not a conspiracy theorist. The secondary evolutionary step of the Sonny Bono act is the D.M.C.A., with its' behind the scenes, vested interest lobby groups. Do you think the present activity in Europe is coincidental? When you produce a product to the point where it competes or supercedes the social norm, you will get interested and powerful parties attempting to possess it. Forget the veneer of civilization, this is the way of things. It always has been, and it always will be. The recent discussion here involving AOL/Time Warner is only one obvious example of how the corporate structure usurps a feature of the public domain, and then sells it back to the very people that own it. If the open source movement doesn't shake off its' fog of complacency and get organized, very shortly the GPL will be placed in the realm of obsolescence, because in the land of the dollar where the dollar rules, justice is the first casualty. And afterwards anybody in possession of code, without the approved licence, will be legally liable. The open source movement, you see, is not under control. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
