A thought on the stupid invoice scam
Message ID: 29860
Posted By: diogenese19348
Posted On: 2003-08-19 18:58:00
Subject: A thought on the stupid invoice scam
Recs: 7
You know, this is an entirely separate issue from whether or not SCO has IP issues with Linux. Let’s take a perfectly legal product, say Windows2000 (OK, so just pretend). Let’s say Microsoft finds out you are running a server running Windows2000 without paying for a license. Can they just send you an invoice?
No, they can’t. Sending you an invoice indicates you bought something from them. You did not. You are running a pirated copy. Microsoft sending you an invoice would be fraud.
What they can do is sue the crap out of you for infringement of copyright, after sending you a warning letter. Notice, SCO has taken that first step. Sending out invoices is NOT the second.
Even in license audits (we use Oracle, we have been through them), you do not get an invoice based on the audit. You get an invoice based upon an agreement you came to with the vendor. You agreed to buy licenses because you were out of compliance. You do not simply get an invoice based on their audit.
Whether or not SCO “owns” Linux, they cannot send out invoices without prior agreement. That is purely and simply fraud. Which is why I believe no invoices have been sent. Pure bluff, pure FUD. No links required.
Bring it on Darl, bring it on. I will be glad to donate a “soap-on-a-rope” to your travel bag.
-Dio
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Posted By: diogenese19348
Posted On: 2003-08-19 18:58:00
Subject: A thought on the stupid invoice scam
Recs: 7
You know, this is an entirely separate issue from whether or not SCO has IP issues with Linux. Let’s take a perfectly legal product, say Windows2000 (OK, so just pretend). Let’s say Microsoft finds out you are running a server running Windows2000 without paying for a license. Can they just send you an invoice?
No, they can’t. Sending you an invoice indicates you bought something from them. You did not. You are running a pirated copy. Microsoft sending you an invoice would be fraud.
What they can do is sue the crap out of you for infringement of copyright, after sending you a warning letter. Notice, SCO has taken that first step. Sending out invoices is NOT the second.
Even in license audits (we use Oracle, we have been through them), you do not get an invoice based on the audit. You get an invoice based upon an agreement you came to with the vendor. You agreed to buy licenses because you were out of compliance. You do not simply get an invoice based on their audit.
Whether or not SCO “owns” Linux, they cannot send out invoices without prior agreement. That is purely and simply fraud. Which is why I believe no invoices have been sent. Pure bluff, pure FUD. No links required.
Bring it on Darl, bring it on. I will be glad to donate a “soap-on-a-rope” to your travel bag.
-Dio
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