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  • Ferreting out copyright scofflaws

    08/11/2004 6:37:45 PM PDT · by eno_ · 11 replies · 456+ views
    News.com ^ | August 10, 2004 | David Becker
    Just when you thought software licensing enforcement couldn't get any more fun, the copyright cops at the Business Software Alliance have enlivened the process with a spunky cartoon ferret. The BSA--a trade group supported by Microsoft, Adobe Systems and other major software makers to enforce software licenses and copyrights--revealed the new mascot Tuesday as part of a national campaign to scare kids out of using peer-to-peer networks. The "Play It Safe in Cyber Space" campaign will culminate with a four-page comic book, distributed in conjunction with tot journal the Weekly Reader, meant to impress kids with the idea that it's...
  • SCO targets federal supercomputer users

    03/19/2004 6:24:07 PM PST · by amigatec · 24 replies · 191+ views
    Zdnet.com ^ | March 19, 2004, 1:31 PM PT | Stephen Shankland
    The SCO Group, the company that's hoping to profit from its assertion that Linux violates its Unix intellectual property, has threatened legal action against two federal supercomputer users, letters released Thursday show. SCO sent letters raising the prospect of legal action for using Linux to two Department of Energy facilities, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC). The letter to NERSC director Horst Simon used strong language in its effort to convince the research facility to buy a license that will let it use Linux without fear of SCO legal action. "I am...