quarta-feira, janeiro 28, 2004

Seja contra o software livre e você será castigado

Interessante exemplo de como se prejudicar alguém que o acuse de ter ilegalmente adquirido propriedade privada (no caso propriedade intelectual). Se for verdade, prova o óbvio: Bill Gates não é melhor ou pior que um anônimo programador.

Mais um bom artigo para desmistificar a idéia de que "nobres criadores de programas gratuitos lutam para produzir sem ganhar dinheiro, com respeito, dignidade e suor próprio".

Tá, Papai Noel também existe...

Wired News: MyDoom Targets Linux Antagonist: "In March 2003, SCO claimed that its intellectual property had been illegally included in the Linux operating system. The company has since filed legal actions against IBM, Red Hat and Novell. The company also is demanding that corporate users of Linux pay SCO a licensing fee for the use of the open-source operating system.
'Arguments between SCO and the open-source community have been continuing for some months. It appears that the author of MyDoom may have taken the war of words from the courtrooms and Internet message boards to a new level by unleashing this worm which attacks SCO's website,' said Chris Belthoff, senior security analyst for Sophos, an antivirus vendor.
'If we ever get our hands on MyDoom's creator our guess is that he will be an open source-sympathizer,' Belthoff said.
But while some at geek discussion site Slashdot joked that MyDoom was 'the first virus they would willingly load onto their computers,' the vast majority condemned the virus writer, saying that SCO should be confronted in the courtroom, not through viruses and denial-of-service attacks. "