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This is dealing with SCO, remember?
This is the same SCO that publicly accused Linux of harboring hundreds of thousands of purloined lines of code, next actually filed suit against IBM, then told the court it would be unable to identify that code without every line of every version of AIX.

The FSF has openly published this supoena and has made the following observation

Late last year, we were subpoenaed by SCO as part of the ongoing dispute between SCO and IBM. Today, we made that subpoena available on our website. 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.

Lacking insights into the nature of the information in question, in advance of negotiation, and possibly like in the IBM case necessary intervention on the part of the judge, it is a bit gratuitous of us to ridicule a position of which we have no knowledge. FSF is being very up front about this matter, so there is little point in jumping to the conclusion that it will be other than open in responding.
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(NT) Grasping at straws. How sad.  James T. Kirk | 05/20/04
ROTLMAO.. I picture Darl doing a Rodney Dangerfield skit...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/20/04
Of course they said no  jdunn_z | 05/20/04
"Forced expenses"?  psuedostratified | 05/20/04
Absolutely  James T. Kirk | 05/20/04
Yeah I would  voska | 05/20/04
Most excellent post!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
BULL.  doe_z | 05/20/04
They are protecting their rights???  IT_User | 05/20/04
Um they are the ones claiming to be "open"...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
you remember what they claim is open?  ryusen | 05/20/04
Oh, let's look shall we???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
what ethical questions are being questioned?  ryusen | 05/20/04
This is dealing with SCO, remember?  IT_User | 05/20/04
software vs correspondence  CobraA1 | 05/20/04
talk about misleading:  ryusen | 05/20/04
Re: talk  issthatso | 05/20/04
or  blahblahblah | 05/21/04
Yeah but this is ZDnet reporting  Albee_Freeoneday | 05/21/04
We have nothing to hide????  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
EVERYBODY has something to hide  Michael Kelly | 05/20/04
Makes no difference.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
For someone with 'No Axe to Grind' ...  George Mitchell | 05/20/04
the SCO "support group"  blahblahblah | 05/20/04
They're all just so fishy!  George Mitchell | 05/21/04
N A G  LongShipUser | 05/21/04
Way to go...  wploger | 05/20/04
No, I have a problem with...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Oh good lord  wploger | 05/20/04
Pardon me???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
And if your knowledge is zero  Iain_Peters | 05/20/04
precisely  blahblahblah | 05/20/04
Hmm...  LongShipUser | 05/21/04
Of course  IT_User | 05/20/04
hmm  blahblahblah | 05/20/04
Excuse me!  George Mitchell | 05/20/04
They have nothing to look for  Robert Crocker | 05/20/04
buying time before the stock totally dies  blahblahblah | 05/21/04
here we go...  blahblahblah | 05/20/04
source open but not the secret dealings  dg mh | 05/20/04
From your lips...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
cleanliness  blahblahblah | 05/21/04
What is FSF hiding from???  BFD | 05/20/04
I agree, for all the claims of "openness"...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
FUD mode engaged...  Fred Fredrickson | 05/20/04
"for all the claims.... "  kd4yum@... | 05/20/04
Who doesn't have 'fish in the water'?  George Mitchell | 05/20/04
by that logic  blahblahblah | 05/21/04
or could it be....  ryusen | 05/20/04
So what?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
then let the court decide...  ryusen | 05/20/04
What are you?  jjon2121 | 05/20/04
Poor Bitty  Fred Fredrickson | 05/21/04
Re: So what? & "I see ZERO difference..."  jezter~ | 05/21/04
This isn't strange.  doe_z | 05/20/04
Oh, shades of Look and Feel!  kd4yum@... | 05/20/04
Looking at the subpoena  Robert Crocker | 05/20/04
Yes  IT_User | 05/20/04
Ping: No_Ax_to_Grind  boatelc | 05/20/04
wet seats at Redmond  jellyclock | 05/21/04

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