[ale] SCO Registers UNIX Copyrights and Offers UNIX License

[John Marasco]

So, if you purchased Linux from SCO they are now going to call you and ask
for more money or face a copyright lawsuit?

I would think that SCO clients would tell them to stick it, that it isn't
their (the client's) problem that SCO didn't know what was in the product
they were selling.

This also raises the question of whether or not SCO can even sell Linux
anymore.  Legally their code can't be in Linux without violating the Linux
open source agreement, right?  Can they "agree" not to sue other resellers
for including SCO code in Linux?  Doesn't that violate the whole open source
licensing that Linux is distributed under?  If not, then can I put code (or
have someone else do it) into Linux and then charge others to distribute "my
code"?

I should think that the only legal option for SCO is to sue to have their
code removed from Linux.  Given the premise that the case has any merit at
all, which is another issue entirely.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Keith R.
To: ale at ale.org
Watson
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 2:22 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] SCO Registers UNIX Copyrights and Offers UNIX License


SCO Registers UNIX Copyrights and Offers UNIX License
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030721/lam075_1.html

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Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/ITD
Systems Support Specialist III         Georgia Tech Research Institute
keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
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