McBride's New Open Letter on Copyrights 770
dtfinch writes "An open letter was posted today by Darl McBride, where he restates his claim that the GPL violates the U.S. Constitution, patent laws, copyright laws, and the DMCA. Mostly he just builds up a false image of the Free Software Foundation and open source supporters claiming that they have no respect for intellectual property and believe copyrights should be eliminated, then attacks that image, AKA the straw man attack. Nothing we haven't seen before."
Irony abounds. (Score:5, Funny)
closed source please (Score:5, Funny)
Left something out? (Score:5, Funny)
Yep, the GPL is REALLY BAD! (Score:5, Funny)
1) The GPL kills small cute furry animals.
2) The GPL causes cancer in laboratory animals.
3) The GPL encourages terrorism.
4) It hurts THE CHILDREN.
5) Reciting the text of the GPL backwards will cause the appearance of the Anti-Christ and will initiate the apocalypse.
The open letter they discarded (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Irony abounds. (Score:3, Funny)
Crack Smoking and Prostitution (Score:5, Funny)
I'm a big believer in copyrights," Torvalds wrote in an e-mail interview. "Of all the intellectual property (laws), copyright
"If Darl McBride was in charge, he'd probably make marriage unconstitutional too, since clearly it de-emphasizes the commercial nature of normal human interaction, and probably is a major impediment to the commercial growth of prostitution," he wrote.
Amusing Circular logic (Score:3, Funny)
I've read other odd things that he has said, but this seems to be a new one.
Re:Irony abounds. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nothing we haven't seen before (Score:3, Funny)
Closed Letter (Score:5, Funny)
You are in violation of copyright law, as I have copyrighted this letter and encoded it using an advanced version of english which we have developed at SCO group.. Each sentence, as you can see, ends in two puncuation marks, however, you seem to be able to read the text just fine..
We regret to inform you that there is no possible other implementation for this english derivative, is our copyright, and therefore, you must be circumventing our extremely intelligent and work with the intent of profit..
Sincerely,
Darl McBride
Better duck! (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:basis in law! (Score:2, Funny)
details here [gamecockcentral.com]...
He Loves Us After All! (Score:1, Funny)
Yay! We got a mention!
Ok.... I'm Drunk.... (Score:3, Funny)
and...
I see this little peice of shit Darle McFuckwit with his stupid "open letter" a I just skimed it...
So... I pronunce Darle is a complete nin-com-poop. Even drunks like me can see that he's an idiot.
I'm fucking drunk and I'm smarter than everybody at SCO!!!!!
Top ten reaons why Darl is doing this (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Yep, the GPL is REALLY BAD! (Score:5, Funny)
Y'know, that's not wholly untrue. I did that a few years back, when everybody thought Gore had won.
Re:Yep, the GPL is REALLY BAD! (Score:5, Funny)
9) Costs you VOTES
10) Increase lethal accident rates
11) Increases crime rates
12) Electrocutes birds
13) Contains dangerous amounts of bacteria
14) Causes hurricanes and earthquakes
15) Second-hand GPL kills people
16) Eats away at 401k-plans
17) Causes rolling blackouts
18) Is illegal but has a california drivers license (but mows your lawn)
18b) Makes tasteless jokes
19) Doesn't give enough change back at the register
20) Has cooties
21) Breaks for no apparent reason
22) Cuts people off in traffic
23) Doesn't signal for a turn
24) Skips commercials on TV.
25) Downloads Music from the Internet
26) Masturbates daily
27) Doesn't go to church
28) Uses coarse language including F-words a lot
29) Keeps the toilet seat up
30) Farts, Burps, Smells, doesn't groom.
31) Are you still reading this>
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Re:Irony abounds. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Closed Letter (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yep, the GPL is REALLY BAD! (Score:4, Funny)
EEEK
Darl Channeling Nixon? (Score:3, Funny)
He's obfuscating the issues on purpose. Notice how he never mentions IBM in the document, but mentions Red Hat over and over?
It's because he wants to associate the GPL with Red. In particular, with Red Commie Un-American Bastards.
Darl's got a real Nixonian / McCarthyite streak in him. He keeps claiming that the "silent majority" is on his side, which is, weirdly enough, what Nixon kept saying up until he resigned in '73.
Wealth Creation and OSS (Score:3, Funny)
That last one is Oxford. They run Debian. Cool.
Re:Ok then. (Score:1, Funny)
Soo... (Score:1, Funny)
Y'know, that's not wholly untrue. I did that a few years back, when everybody thought Gore had won.
Soo... according to horror movie logic, you reading it forwards again will make GWB go away like a bad dream? Hurry, for the love of God! The world depends on you!
Re:Irony abounds. (Score:4, Funny)
I find the word "work" and phrase "Public Relations" to be inconsistant with each other.
I suggest you use the alternative statement, "I lie for money."
DARL IS THE BEST TROLL EVER. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Top ten reaons why Darl is doing this (Score:3, Funny)
Picture the scene:
Darl McBride in his office, playing with his executive toy. Enter a junior member of the SCO board. "Darl your a Genius! That DrDOS thing was fucking inspired, I mean, your mind and knowledge of Intellectual Property law is so great that even Big Blue itself would pay you billions of dollars if you made a claim against them. I mean they would be so awe struck at your wisdom and legal genius that they wouldn't even check to see if what you were saying was true no matter how ridiculous your claims".
Bullshit said Darl, and to prove it...........
Re:Ok then. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ok then. (Score:3, Funny)
I agree. This story definitely belongs in the "Entertainment" section.
Surely.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Don't they......they don't..... (Score:5, Funny)
You're dealing with an entity that:
securing an insanity plea (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Closed Letter -- pedantic spell checking is fun (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Irony abounds. (Score:3, Funny)
* his mom - so she's not so embarassed that she goes back to her maiden name
Which, I can only hope, is "McMaiden."
Re:Yep, the GPL is REALLY BAD! (Score:3, Funny)
Everything you think you know about the GPL is true. It is an evil, twisted devil-worshipper. It sacrifices kittens and babies, then dances naked, covered in their blood, around a bonfire, calling upon the great old ones to smite the blessed and raise the wicked to immortal supremacy on earth. Plus, your slut of a daughter gangbangs it and all the OSS/FSS friends on your dinner table, in exchange for crack cocaine. It hates puppies, flowers, apple pie, mom, and everything american, especially the president. But, most of all it hates you with a murderous passion you could barely understand with your limited intellect. Everything you feared about the GPL is true. Oh, and it knows where you live.
apologies to Brian at http://www.sighco.com
Re:An open letter TO Darl McBride (Score:3, Funny)
Your offer has been accepted. Due to leasing arrangements and other circumstances, the present location of SCO headquarters must be relocated. SCO's assets not written off to depreciation will be transferred to your location. We have procured a late-model hatchback station wagon rental for this purpose.
Additionally, all papers concerning SCO's financial liabilities to stockholders and pending litigation will be transferred to you. Please let us know whether you wish them transferred via cargo freight or whether we will need to arrange a contract with a trucking company for this purpose.
Regards,
Darl
Einstein would have been a trillionaire (Score:2, Funny)