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SQIL 2005

Utilisacteur Linux-Québec

SCO/RBC vs Open Source

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On October 16th, 2003, the SEC (US Security and Exchange Commission) confirmed that the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) invested US $30 million in The SCO Group ( ZDNet News).

Given the fact that SCO has taken hostile action against free software and well known companies that contribute to free software, we, users, developers and members of the Open Source community from Canada protest the recent investment of RBC in The SCO Group.

As gesture of solidarity towards the GNU/Linux movement we invite all the Canadians to:

  • close their RBC bank account and explain to their local RBC branch manager why they are doing so.
  • sign this petition which will be delivered to the RBC CEO.

Media Coverage

Dec 15, 2003: NOW is the winter of SCO discontent (VNUNet, UK)

Dec. 10, 2003: SCO Investor Changing the Deal (Slashdot)

Dec. 10, 2003: BANK steps back from SCO arrangement (The Inquirer)

Dec. 9, 2003: RBC rethinks SCO deal (The Globe and Mail): "The filing stated that SCO cannot be sold "without first obtaining the consent of the private placement investors holding at least two thirds of the shares of SCO's outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock." And further in the article: "According to a filing Monday by the SCO Group, RBC and BayStar now have veto power over any SCO action that would trigger the 20-per-cent payment to SCO's attorneys at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP."

Nov. 23, 2003: Royal's Backing of SCO Causes Uproar (Linux Insider): Canada's open-source community is outraged the Royal Bank of Canada is part of a decision to contribute towards a US$50 million investment in SCO Group.

SCO / RBC: online petition

We, open source users, are very concerned by the recent investment of the RBC into SCO. The current hostile campaign of SCO against the open source model should not be supported by the RBC. This campaign is against the economical and ethical interest of every company using open source software and every user of open source software in the world.

We ask the RBC:

  • to stop any further investment in the SCO company
  • to remove the actual (US$ 30 million) investment from the SCO company.

For more information, please contact , or RBC's complaint department at 1-800-769-2541.

See the list of signatures

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