As a result of this proposal some people began digging. One thing that was found was legal documents between Timpanogos Research Group (Merkeys company) and Novell (Merkeys former employer). Novell alleged misappropriation of trade secrets and Merkey alleged sexual harassment. Novell requested a temporary injunction against Merkey that was granted. The text of the injunction is extremely critical of Merkey, paragraphs 112-125 are particularly damming. Merkey then began to threaten anyone who hosted or discussed the ruling. He argued that the Judge was a Novell stooge and that the ruling was a preliminary one and that he was completely vindicated in the final sealed settlement agreement.


(22:48:31) johnl: heh
(22:49:04) scara: u know merkey is writing his own new kernel?
(22:49:11) johnl: I read that yeah
(22:49:12) scara: under his peyote public license or whatever?
(22:49:15) johnl: sounds rather suspicious
(22:49:27) johnl: think he's just gonna rip off linux kernel?
(22:49:31) johnl: wtf is he planning?
(22:49:38) scara: i think hes insane
(22:49:40) johnl: white wolf productions or something
(22:49:42) johnl: lol
(22:49:53) scara: wolf mountain
(22:50:12) scara: he comes on lkml and tells everyone this really clever advice his 100 year old grandmother gives him, then just goes right ahead and ignores it
(22:50:15) johnl: what's he building in there and, more importantly, which version of gcc is he building it with?
(22:50:25) scara: she basically said to him "some people dont know when to shut up"
(22:50:31) johnl: hahaha
(22:50:39) johnl: he's gotta feature in eler some time
(22:50:41) scara: while "staring right at him"
(22:50:50) scara: yeah
(22:51:13) scara: we'll prolly get sued by SCO tho....
(22:53:01) johnl: peyote public license, lol

EverybodyLovesEricRaymond/JeffMerkey (last edited 2006-01-08 23:09:58 by JohnLeach)