SCO Uses 3rd Parties To Spread Claims In Germany 236
kryonD writes "According to this Computer Weekly article, SCO is no longer allowed to spread their FUD in Germany. This wasn't even a court or government order, but an out of court settlement with a small company. They even get 'fined' EU10,000 by the company for every breach of the settlement. Although, it appears from the article that SCO is side-stepping the agreement by commissioning 3rd party firms to spread their FUD for them. The settlement happened last month, but this is the first I have heard of it. I wonder what made them back down so quickly."
We mentioned the settlement earlier this month (including prohibitions on making certain claims); the news is the attempt to circumvent it.
Require licenses (Score:4, Funny)
Finally!! (Score:5, Funny)
A SCO story! It's about time!
...Groan... (Score:5, Funny)
SCO... (Score:4, Funny)
Everytime you say SCO (Score:5, Funny)
You said SCO!
Oooops I said SCO!
I said SCO again!
NI!
I should buy one of their liscenses (Score:5, Funny)
who gets whom to do what dirty work? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I should buy one of their liscenses (Score:5, Funny)
Re:...Groan... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And if you liked this one... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Everytime you say SCO (Score:5, Funny)
Stone him! Stone him!
my nightly prayer (Score:5, Funny)
I pray the lord, my linux keep
and if I die, before I wake
please cause the failure, of Darl's brakes.
-AMEN-
Re:Require licenses (Score:5, Funny)
"SCO Group's (Nasdaq: SCOX) lawsuit against the Linux industry has produced what could either be a profitable new market niche or a spectacular new scam: open source insurance....a New York-based start-up called Open Source Risk Management has decided to sell insurance to companies using open source software that fear they may be sued."
Funny, the media didn't recognise is as a scam when HP did it.
And in other news.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wouldn't it be illegal to do this too (Score:4, Funny)
Or perceived legal loopholes in contracts. They, of course, can't show the actual loophole because it would be a violation of their Lawyer's IP.
When they came for SCO, I did not speak up (Score:2, Funny)
When they came for me, there was no one left to speak up to.
Wait what am I talking about?
Why do we even have a bottle? Will someone please tell me?
Get Rich Quick - SCO/Fermion style. (Score:4, Funny)
Great precident.
Re:...Groan... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:who gets whom to do what dirty work? (Score:5, Funny)
Yes. I thought that the Evil Empire [microsoft.com] were using SCO, who is allegedly in turn using other companies.
Excuse me, my tinfoil hat just arced.
The Needful Thing... (Score:3, Funny)
is a perp-walk for Darl. And eventually a horny roommate named Bubba. (Uh, for Darl, that is...)
Re:And if you liked this one... (Score:5, Funny)
Fast boat, plane tickets, new passports...
Re:SCO reply to my mail asking for License... (Score:3, Funny)
Amusingly enough, you can't purchase more than 99 licences through the website. They've got a crappy shopping cart that only accepts 2 digits for the quantity.
I tried seeing if I could get their server to crash by filling the quantity box with a big string of garbage text, but no such luck....
Great Change (Score:2, Funny)
Just buy 101'000 IP licenses and get 1 SCO for free!
Where is the... (Score:1, Funny)
ACHTUNG SCO! (Score:3, Funny)
Liebe, Deutscheland..
Re:they should... (Score:2, Funny)
damn lack of caffeine, i misread that as scummary. not that that would be false or anything.
Re:Herostratos! Herostratos! Herostratos! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:...Groan... (Score:1, Funny)
(A newline might be nice at the end.)
Re:And if you liked this one... (Score:1, Funny)