] Most documents are the product of continual
] evolution. An essay may undergo dozens of revisions;
] source code for a computer program may undergo
] thousands. And as online collaboration becomes
] increasingly common, we see more and more
] ever-evolving group-authored texts. This site is a
] preliminary report on a simple visual technique, history
] flow, that provides a clear view of complex
] records of contributions and collaboration.

IBM | History Flow

] The justices agreed that Bunner was free to post his own opinions
] on the Internet – but ruled neither he nor others could post
] protected secrets as protected free speech. The case is not fully
] resolved, however, because the Supreme Court also ordered the San
] Jose-based appeals court to analyze whether the code is still a
] protected trade secret given its widespread exposure.

When is not a secret a secret?

SignOnSanDiego.com : News : Technology -- Trade secrets outweigh free speech, California top court says

] I have just received confirmation that there was indeed a DoS attack
] on SCO's network, a rather sophisticated one organized by an
] experienced Internet engineer. The person responsible has agreed to
] terminate the attack in response to my earlier request[1], but it
] will not actually end until the timers on his 'bots run out.

ESR Confirms DoS Attack [against SCO]; Hacker to End Attack

Decius wrote:
] A summary of the latest SCO news, but the best part is the
] icon they use to classify the story... perfect!

LOL!

RE: A news icon for the SCO case...

] eWEEK: For its part though, SCO has said that there are
] so many lines of code, and a variety of applications and
] devices that use that code, that simply removing the
] offending code would not be technically feasible or
] possible and would not solve the problem. Do you agree?
]
] Torvalds: They are smoking crack. Their slides said there
] are [more than] 800,000 lines of SMP code that are
] "infringing," and they are just off their rocker. The SMP
] code was written by a number of Linux people I know well
] (I did a lot of the SMP IRQ scalability myself,
] personally), so their claims are just ludicrous. And they
] claim they own JFS [journaled file system technology]
] too. Whee. They're not shy about claiming ownership of
] other people's code

Torvalds Slams SCO

] Humans can be trained to crave food in response to
] abstract prompts just like Pavlov's dogs, reveals new
] research.

But then junk food advertisers have known this for years :P

New Scientist

] MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- State Supreme Court justices
] overruled Chief Justice Roy Moore on Thursday and
] directed that his Ten Commandments monument be removed
] from its public site in the Alabama Judicial Building.

The US Supreme court also told this guy to fuck off ... this is supposed to be a secular state, stupid!

Alabama Justices Order Ten Commandments Monument Removed

]
] We observe that SCO is both attacking the GPL on the one
] hand and benefiting from the GPL on the other hand. SCO
] can't have it both ways. SCO has a clear choice: either
] pledge not to use any Open Source/Free Software in any of
] their products, or actively participate in the Open
] Source/Free Software movement and reap the benefits. For
] SCO to continue to use Open Source/Free Software while
] attacking others for using it is the epitome of
] hypocrisy.

SAMBA team on SCO.

SAMBA team on SCO.

]
] The Recording Industry Ass. of America (RIAA) has
] launched its appeal against an April US District Court
] ruling that the Grokster P2P media-sharing network does
] not infringe copyrights juts because its software may
] allow users to do so.

Sigh...

The Register

] "To abandon these tools," Mr. Ashcroft said in a speech
] here at the start of a national tour, "would senselessly
] imperil American lives and American liberty, and it would
] ignore the lessons of Sept. 11."

Ugh! A police state isn't worth protecting!

Ashcroft Blasts Efforts to Weaken Terrorism Law