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Wednesday, 6 August 2003

SCO Announces Intellectual Property License for Linux

by mike @ 00:52. Filed under

Geek Stuff

These guys are really starting to annoy me now! SCO Announces Intellectual Property License for Linux. They even have this made up FAQ which claims:

“Q: Does everyone who uses Linux need a SCO UNIX IP License for Linux?
A: End users running Linux 2.4 or later versions for commercial purposes need a SCO IP license.”

Regardless of the outcome of the contract dispute with IBM which has not yet been resolved in a court of law. Their claim to owning some of the IP in Linux (and Novell, the real owners of the Unix copyright say SCO only have a right to license it) is not yet proven in law. How can SCO get away with this?

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