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CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: GNUN <gnun> 22/06/10 05:33:14
Modified files:
philosophy/sco : subpoena.de.html
Added files:
philosophy/sco/po: subpoena.de-diff.html
Log message:
Automatic update by GNUnited Nations.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/sco/subpoena.de.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.6&r2=1.7
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/sco/po/subpoena.de-diff.html?cvsroot=www&rev=1.1
Patches:
Index: subpoena.de.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/sco/subpoena.de.html,v
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--- subpoena.de.html 8 Oct 2021 10:06:24 -0000 1.6
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+<!--#set var="PO_FILE"
+ value='<a href="/philosophy/sco/po/subpoena.de.po">
+ https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/sco/po/subpoena.de.po</a>'
+ --><!--#set var="ORIGINAL_FILE" value="/philosophy/sco/subpoena.html"
+ --><!--#set var="DIFF_FILE" value="/philosophy/sco/po/subpoena.de-diff.html"
+ --><!--#set var="OUTDATED_SINCE" value="2022-04-11" --><!--#set
var="ENGLISH_PAGE" value="/philosophy/sco/subpoena.en.html" -->
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<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.de.html" -->
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-$Date: 2021/10/08 10:06:24 $
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+<body><pre>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 -->
+<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html -->
+<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays laws sco" -->
+<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" -->
+<title>The SCO Subpoena of FSF
+- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/sco/po/subpoena.translist" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" -->
+<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE-->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" -->
+<div class="article reduced-width">
+
+<h2>The SCO Subpoena of FSF</h2>
+
+<address class="byline">by Bradley M. Kuhn</address>
+
+<p><i>Tuesday 18 May 2004</i></p>
+
+<p>
+Late last year, we were subpoenaed by SCO as part of the ongoing dispute
+between SCO and IBM. Today, <a <span
class="removed"><del><strong>href="sco-subpoena.pdf">we</strong></del></span>
<span
class="inserted"><ins><em>href="/philosophy/sco/sco-subpoena.pdf">we</em></ins></span>
made that
+subpoena available on our website</a>. This is a broad subpoena that
+effectively asks for every single document about the GPL and enforcement
+of the GPL since 1999. They also demand every document and email that we
+have exchanged with Linus Torvalds, IBM, and other players in the
+community. In many cases, they are asking for information that is
+confidential communication between us and our lawyers, or between us and
+our contributors.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+As the SCO lawsuit drags on, we will have to make some tough decisions
+about how to answer this subpoena. We are certain that we will not
+produce all the material requested; we will not betray our legally
+protected confidences, particularly when they relate to our work upholding
+the integrity of the GPL. However, regardless of whether we dispute the
+whole subpoena in court, or provide those documents which we are able to
+determine are reasonable and relevant to produce, there is much work for
+FSF. If we fight the subpoena, it means substantial legal fees associated
+with litigation. If we produce materials, it means substantial effort to
+gather the relevant documents. Even though we'll be reimbursed for the
+direct costs, the indirect costs in staff time will be ours to bear.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Meanwhile, the leaked SCO documents have confirmed what we long
+believed: Microsoft, having found that the smear campaign against GPL
+was not succeeding, has instead bought their FUD at a bargain price
+from a third party. The “license” that Microsoft bought
+for SCO's “technology” was, more than anything else, a fee
+for the service of attacking the free software movement and its
+lowest-level program, the kernel named Linux. Now that there has once
+been a “SCO,” there will always be some “SCO”
+to come and attack our movement and our work.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Even though we believe that SCO has no basis to make the claims they make,
+that does not mean our community should assume it has nothing to learn
+from these events. Early in the lawsuit, we at FSF were unsure if SCO
+would attack only the kernel Linux, or the entire GNU/Linux operating
+system. As copyright holder on most major components of the GNU/Linux
+system, we of course feared that even while our copyright assignment
+process is the best and most diligent in the whole free software world, we
+would still be required to expend great effort in showing a judge how
+exactly we did this job. We are grateful for SCO's tactical error of
+attacking one of the deepest pockets on earth, IBM, who has the checkbook
+needed to efficiently fight such a nuisance lawsuit.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+However, this does not mean FSF's work is done. In addition to answering
+and/or disputing the subpoena, we must also educate the community about
+why it is that Linux was attacked and GNU was not. For more than a
+decade, FSF has urged projects to build a process whereby the legal
+assembly of the software is as sound as the software development itself.
+Many free software developers saw the copyright assignment process used
+for most GNU components as a nuisance, but we arduously designed and
+redesigned the process to remove the onerousness. Now the SCO fiasco has
+shown the community the resilience and complete certainty that a good
+legal assembly process can create. (SCO, after all, eventually dropped
+their claims against GNU as a whole and focused on the Linux project
+which, for all its wonderful technical achievements, has a rather loose
+legal assembly process.) We have just begun a project here at FSF to
+document and codify our process, so that it can be disseminated in the
+form of a policy manual and accompanying software, to all other Free
+Software projects who wish to solidify their legal assembly process.
+Distilling nearly two decades of organizational know-how into
+easy-to-understand software and documentation is no easy task, and we will
+rely greatly on your financial support to aid us in carrying out this
+momentous task.
+</p>
+
+<hr class="column-limit" />
+
+<p>
+As always, we at FSF look to the long-term future. SCO is a
+blip—a precursor to the challenges free software will face. We
+strive to be ahead of that curve and lead the way for a legally
+certain future for free software.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+We need your support to continue this work. We ask that if you are not yet
+<a href="https://www.fsf.org/associate/">an associate member of FSF,
that you
+join now</a>. If you join before 15 June 2004, you will receive a
+complimentary print copy of Lawrence Lessig's new book, <cite>Free
+Culture</cite>. We are happy to celebrate the addition of Professor
+Lessig to our board of directors by sharing his latest written work
+with you as we continue our work.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+If you are already an associate member, please encourage a friend to join!
+</p>
+</div>
+
+</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
+<div id="footer" role="contentinfo">
+<div class="unprintable">
+
+<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to
+<a href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>.
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
+the FSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent
+to <a
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+
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+
+<p>Copyright © 2004, <span
class="removed"><del><strong>2021</strong></del></span> <span
class="inserted"><ins><em>2021, 2022</em></ins></span> Free Software
Foundation, Inc.</p>
+
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+Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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+
+<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" -->
+
+<p class="unprintable">Updated:
+<!-- timestamp start -->
+$Date: 2022/06/10 09:33:14 $
+<!-- timestamp end -->
+</p>
+</div>
+</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include -->
+</body>
+</html>
+
+</pre></body></html>
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