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Free Software Group under Preasure for refuting MyDoom Slur

category national | sci-tech | news report author Thursday February 05, 2004 00:58author by Linus - none Report this post to the editors

Members Employers contacted as act of intimidation

The Irish Linux Users Group, the volunteer body of Linux and Free Open Source Software advocates in Ireland, are tonight under siege after, members & their employers were threatened with being contacted after they defended themselves against MyDoom creation claims and refused to remove postings from their mailing list.

The MyDoom virus, it was suspected on national radio, was created by supporters of the open source movement. In a press release, the ILUG counteracted this claim, but now are facing certain legal proceedings after refusing to remove posts on the subject.

Individual members have also been threatened with libel action if they refuse to remove their postings. Coupled together with a threat to contact their employers to have them reprimanded.

The legal action which is coming from an organisation with links to Microsoft, it likley to cost the volunteer group a substantial amount of money which it is feared they don't have.

No one was available from ILUG to comment further, but the are expected to make a press release shortly.

The Broadcast: http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0202/morningireland/morningireland5a.smil
http://homepage.eircom.net/~fuzzbucket/mi.ogg (Ogg Mirror)

Related Link: http://www.linux.ie/pipermail/ilug/2004-February/010950.html

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Threatening email     Badman    Thu Feb 05, 2004 12:30 
   Ignoramus     Leon    Thu Feb 05, 2004 15:32 
   Critical Mass     Huggermugger    Thu Feb 05, 2004 17:02 
   Clarification     Chekov    Thu Feb 05, 2004 17:23 
   Campbell     Leon    Thu Feb 05, 2004 17:30 
   The BBC gets in on the act.     R Isible    Thu Feb 05, 2004 17:58 
   Another theory     Chekov    Thu Feb 05, 2004 18:15 
   I'll take a 3 please Bob!     R Isible    Thu Feb 05, 2004 19:20 


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