High Barratry

[mdlbear]

For some time I've been trying to write a song about the great SCO Group vs. IBM, Linux, Novell, Autozone, Daimler-Chrysler, and everybody else legal fiaSCO. I've had one idea rattling around in my head for half a year already, but never got farther than one verse and a chorus with it. This one came together in two days. I should mention that my concert at Baycon is Saturday night, and I'm on the SCO panel that afternoon. Possibly not a coincidence.
Anyway, those interested can find the song on the web here (with additional notes), or...

High Barratry

Lyrics Copyright 2004 Stephen Savitzky. Some rights reserved.
ttto High Barbary (trad)

Of a company called S-C-O, the tale I'll briefly tell
_With G-P-L, our software all is free_
Who turned their hands to barratry when software wouldn't sell
_A-sailing through the legal straits of High Barratry_

``And are you selling Linux or old Unixware?'' said we
_With GPL, our software all is free_
We're the owners of all Unix come demanding of our fee!
_A-sailing through the legal straits of High Barratry_

You've stolen code from System V and given it away
_With GPL, our software all is free_
So buy licences for Linux, or we'll sue and make you pay
_A-sailing through the legal straits of High Barratry_

They first sued IBM over a million lines of code
_With GPL, our software all is free_
Though a subroutine or two from BSD was all they showed
_A-sailing through the legal straits of High Barratry_

Well, RedHat sued them next so they went gunning for Novell
_With GPL, our software all is free_
Autozone and Daimler-Chrysler soon were on their list as well
_A-sailing through the legal straits of High Barratry_

T hen lawsuit and lawsuit we fought for many a day
_With GPL, our software all is free_
'Till the research done at Groklaw blew their cases clean away
_A-sailing through the legal straits of High Barratry_

Oh, please buy us out, the SCOundrels made their plea
_With GPL, our software all is free_
But the buyout that they got was in a court of bankruptcy
_A-sailing through the legal straits of High Barratry_

And oh, it was a sorry thing to hear them rant and roar
_With GPL, our software all is free_
With their options underwater as their stock sank through the floor
_A-sailing through the legal straits of High Barratry_

Though they started as Caldera selling Linux long ago
_With GPL, our software all is free_
Soon a huge and smoking crater will be all that's left of SCO
_A-sailing through the legal straits of High Barratry_


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Way Cool...