SCO Caught Copying

linuxwrangler writes "While accusing everyone else of copying "their" code, SCO has meanwhile been caught copying documentation. In fact they copied several chapters of the Book of Webmin directly into their online documentation. While the book is available online, it is not licensed for redistribution. Details are sparse but it appears that SCO had to pay the publisher for using the material."

Re:Uh

[dpete4552]

Because they didn't pay for the rights to use the works and then use them. They just copied the works, got caught infringing on the copyrights, and settled with the publisher by paying them off -- as to avoid a lawsuit.

Re:Oi, reminds me...

[tcopeland]

> awfully silent around SCO lately

Perhaps the plummeting stock [yahoo.com] has something to do with it...

Duuude...

[Anonymous Coward]

Copyright infringement is a civil matter, not a crime.

Civil matters get you sued (because you wronged an individual), Crimes get you jail time (because you wronged the crown/the state/the peace/ whatever it is in your country).

Re:Ahhhhh hahahahahahaha

[d4rkmoon]

Not Webmin. The Book of Webmin by Joe Cooper. The linked article says that it's owned by No Starch Press. That doesn't mean I don't hate SCO either. *grin*

Parent is a troll.

[ChaosDiscord]

This post [slashdot.org] is a troll. Check his link for "GPL." (Not safe for work). I thought it was odd that it went to about.com, instead of something more obvious like the Free Software Foundation's site. He's using about.com to redirect to a disgusting picture of what appears to be feces on a woman's face. Check his posting history [slashdot.org], lots of trolling.

I know a lot of people feel that there is some sort of hypocracy from Slashdot because some people are pro-GPL while some (not necessarily the same) people are anti-RIAA, but actually check that you're not being trolled before you up-mod it!

Re:Oi, reminds me...

[AnotherShep]

This one is even better... [yahoo.com]

Re:Duuude...

[ichimunki]

It was a crime before the DMCA, see 17 U.S.C. 506. (a) [cybercrime.gov].

Re:Oi, reminds me...

[M1FCJ]

You need a lesson supply and demand. Price goes up when there is demand, price goes down when there is supply. If a lot of people are selling, the price goes down. It's not the other way around (prices goes down, then people sell).

Simply people decided that they would make a nice sum and started selling. The idiots who want to buy are not that many (at least less than the sellers) so they can get it for less than what the seller wants to sell. It works better with a lot of people trading at the same time and the buyer can choose between different sellers, each seller can offer for something a little bit cheaper, cutting from their gain but then they can sell more and make more money out of it. Or something like that. I hate real money. What's wrong with Monopoly money?

Re:Copyright infringement

[shark72]

"Of course many of the music downloaders could be argued to have a legitimate fair use right"

You're correct; many music pirates argue "fair use." Those of us who have a basic understanding of fair use stand by and laugh at them.

You won't win this war against copyright holders with ignorance as a weapon in your arsenal. Google on "fair use music" if you'd like to educate yourself. Here's an EFF guide to understanding fair use rights [eff.org] to get you started.

From the webmin site

[Anonymous Coward]

"Thanks to the following companies and individuals for their support of Webmin over the years :

* Caldera Systems, for being the first sponsor of Webmin and paying me to work on it full-time for for over a year. Caldera was also the first distribution vendor to include Webmin as their standard administration tool, and developed the Caldera theme."

My guess is SCO had it lying around and thought it was theirs.

Re:adipostity?

[adiposity]

I didn't say it was because they respected copyrights, I said it was to *show* they respected copyrights. In any case, as I said, just because a company violates copyrights does not mean they don't respect them. It happens all the time, to many different companies. The test is how they respond when someone points out their violation. There is no way to guarantee _anything_ is original, except by having compared it to every possible source in the world. Obviously some employee at SCO chose to plagiarize, SCO was informed, and SCO paid up. I don't understand what the problem is. -Dan

SCO says farewell

[daniel23]

you may rember the story about sco.pl closing office posted here and elsewhere some days ago?
I just went there and kinda appreciated their way to wave good bye. Apparently being fired gave some of the crew the freedom to finally say what they think about their ex-boss.

Go look yourself:
http://www.sco.pl/ [www.sco.pl]