Mettons SCO dehors !!!!!

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L'hypocrisie de SCO est révoltante... <IMG SRC="images/smiles/icon_cussing.gif"> <IMG SRC="images/smiles/icon_cussing.gif"> <BR> <BR>D'un coté il s'attaque à IBM et aujourd'hui à Novell (avant de s'attaquer demain à une entreprise utilisant massivement des OS OpenSource- annonce du patron de SCO, Darl McBride) sous le pretexte que depuis le noyau 2.4 il y aurait du code Unix dans ce dernier, ce qui reste à prouver. <BR> <BR>d'un autre coté il s'attaque au mode de licence GNU GPL en essayant de le faire déclarer anticonstitutionnel aux USA. <BR> <BR>Là où ils ne manquent pas d'air, c'est qu'ils annoncent dans leur présentations et Roadmaps leur intension d'intégrer des projets Open Source sous licences GPL dans leurs OS OpenServer et Unixware (tel que samba 3.x .. voir ci-dessous la déclaration du Samba Team du 19 aout 2003) <BR> <BR>En fait SCO vient de découvrir une nouvelle manière de se faire du "blé" sans trop se fatiguer. Exemple, depuis l'annonce du procès contre IBM l'action SCO est montée en flèche à la bourse. <BR>Ceci leur permets aujourd'hui de mettre 9 millions de $ sur la table pour continuer à $%#&! l'Open Source , payer leurs avocats en actions et faire le lit de Microsoft. <BR>(voir article <!-- BBCode auto-link start --><a href="http://www.vnunet.fr/actu/article.htm?numero=11619&date=2003-11-19&th=pme" target="_blank">http://www.vnunet.fr/actu/article.htm?numero=11619&date=2003-11-19&th=pme</a><!-- BBCode auto-link end --> ) <BR> <BR>Je travaille depuis longtemps sur leurs OS (depuis Xenix) mais aujourd'hui trop c'est trop. J'ai donc décidé de boycoter leurs produits et de ne plus les préconiser. <BR> <BR>C'était mon coup de $%#&! du soir, je ne sais pas si c'est très clair, mais cela fait du bien.. <BR> <BR>PK <BR> <BR>déclaration du Samba Team <BR> <BR>19th Aug, 2003) SCO use of Samba code under the GPL <BR>Over the past few months, the SCO Group (formerly Caldera International, Inc. a Linux distribution vendor) has been complaining about violations of its Copyright works by the Linux kernel code. <BR> <BR>Recently, Darl McBride, the Chief Executive Officer of SCO has been making pejorative statements regarding the license used by the Linux kernel, the GNU GPL. In a keynote speech he recently said: <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>"At the end of the day, the GPL is not about making software free; it's about destroying value." <BR> <BR>In light of this it is the depths of hypocrisy that at the same event SCO also announced the incorporation of the Samba3 release into their latest OpenServer product. Samba is an Open Source/Free Software project that allows Linux and UNIX servers to interoperate with Microsoft Windows clients. The reason for this is clear; Samba3 allows Linux and UNIX servers to replace Microsoft Windows NT Domain Controllers and will add great value to any Operating System which includes it. However, Samba is also developed and distributed under the GNU GPL license, in exactly the same manner as the Linux kernel code that SCO has been criticizing for its lack of care in ownership attribution. <BR> <BR>We observe that SCO is both attacking the GPL on the one hand and benefiting from the GPL on the other hand. SCO can't have it both ways. SCO has a clear choice: either pledge not to use any Open Source/Free Software in any of their products, or actively participate in the Open Source/Free Software movement and reap the benefits. For SCO to continue to use Open Source/Free Software while attacking others for using it is the epitome of hypocrisy. <BR> <BR>The strength of Open Source/Free Software is that it is available to all without restrictions on fields of endeavor, as the Samba Team believes the ability to freely use, modify and learn from software code is one of the grounding principles of computer science, and a basic freedom for all. <BR> <BR>Because of this, we believe that the Samba Team must remain true to our principles and our code must be freely available to use even in ways we personally disapprove of. <BR> <BR>Even when used by rank hypocrites like SCO. <BR> <BR>Jeremy Allison, Marc Kaplan, Andrew Bartlett, Christopher R. Hertel, Jerry Carter, Jean Francois Micouleau, Paul Green, Rafal Szczesniak, Jelmer Vernooij, Volker Lendecke. Simo Sorce <BR> <BR>Samba Team. <BR> <BR> <BR>