[vox] [fwd] Save your SCO invoice: Bay Area Software Professionals for Responsibility and Accountability]

[James McNeill]

hey Bill,
Would it be OK if I forwarded this post to another LUG list that I'm on? 
They've been having a discussion (about SCO of course) that could 
benefit from this input.
I couldn't see a problem, but I thought it best to ask anyway. We all 
know what happens when you copy stuff without people's expressed 
permission ;-)

thanks,
-James

Bill Kendrick wrote:

>----- Forwarded message from Don Marti <dmarti@zgp.org> -----
>
>Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 17:48:46 -0700
>From: Don Marti <dmarti@zgp.org>
>Subject: [svlug] Save your SCO invoice: Bay Area Software Professionals for
>	Responsibility and Accountability
>To: svlug@lists.svlug.org, baspra-announce@alt.org
>Cc: 
>
>If you receive an "invoice" from The SCO Group, please do not waste it
>on a prank or expression of contempt for SCO -- they're certainly
>expecting that.  If you want to do something symbolic with your
>"SCO invoice", make a copy.
>
>After careful consideration, you may decide to give the false invoice
>to law enforcement as part of a request to investigate SCO for fraud.
>
>We are starting a low-traffic announce-only mailing list to share
>information on Bay Area community responses to the SCO invoice
>scam, which will most likely include giving the "invoices" to law
>enforcement.
>
>Who:   Bay Area Linux users, especially anyone who thinks that he 
>       or she may receive a false invoice from The SCO Group
>
>What:  Mailing list for announcements regarding local responses to
>       SCO's fraudulent mailing
>
>Where: Sacramento, probably, that's where California Attorney General 
>       Bill Lockyer is.
>
>When:  Subscribe now, more info after the "invoices" come.
>       http://lists.alt.org/mailman/listinfo/baspra-announce
>
>Why:   Because we're software professionals who are for responsibility
>       and accountability (see subject).
>
>Doing some symbolic action with your "invoice" may be satisfying
>or attention-getting, but SCO is expecting this.  But as soon
>as they use false claims to attempt to get money from anyone,
>they're doing something that is at least legally questionable,
>and that you may wish to have law enforcement take a look at.
>
>Please _save_ the "invoice" and envelope.
>
>  
>