Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu! bloom-beacon.mit.edu!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net! bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!cyclone.swbell.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net! 129.250.175.17!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews2 From: Santa Cruz Operation Legal Dept. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Linux Users $699 License Fee is Now Due and Enforceable Date: 5 Aug 2003 20:20:31 GMT Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 69 Message-ID: <bgp3if02134@enews2.newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-057.newsdawg.com Follow-up: poster User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4pl3/rt (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.os.linux.setup:93490 SCO Announces Intellectual Property License for Linux 8/5/2003 12:43:00 PM LINDON, Utah, Aug 5, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (SCOX) , the owner and licensor of the core UNIX(R) operating system source code, today announced the availability of the SCO Intellectual Property License for Linux(R). The run-time license permits the use of SCO's intellectual property, in binary form only, as contained in Linux distributions. By purchasing a SCO Intellectual Property License, customers avoid infringement of SCO's intellectual property rights in Linux 2.4 and Linux 2.5 kernels. Because the SCO license authorizes run-time use only, customers also comply with the General Public License, under which Linux is distributed. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990421/SCOLOGO ) SCO announced in July that it had registered the copyrights to its software releases of UNIX System V and UnixWare(R) with the U.S. Copyright office and that it would offer licenses to cure the SCO IP infringement issues for Linux operating systems. Beginning this week, SCO will start meeting with commercial Linux customers to present the details of this right to use SCO intellectual property binary licensing program. "We have identified numerous files of unlicensed UNIX System V code and UNIX System V derivative code in the Linux 2.4 and 2.5 kernels," said Chris Sontag, senior vice president and general manager of SCOsource, the intellectual property licensing division of SCO. "We believe it is necessary for Linux customers to properly license SCO's IP if they are running Linux 2.4 kernel and later versions for commercial purposes. The license insures that customers can continue their use of binary deployments of Linux without violating SCO's intellectual property rights." Pricing and Availability SCO will be offering an introductory license price of $699 for a single CPU system through October 15th, 2003. Pricing for multiple CPU systems, single CPU add-ons, desktop systems and embedded systems will also be available. Linux users who are interested in additional information or purchasing an IP License for Linux should contact their local SCO sales representative or call SCO at 1-800-726-8649 or visit our web site at http://www.sco.com/scosource . About The SCO Group The SCO Group (SCOX) helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries to grow their businesses with UNIX business solutions. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than 11,000 resellers and 4,000 developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to all partners and customers. For more information on SCO products and services visit http://www.sco.com . SCO and the associated SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The SCO Group, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX and UnixWare are registered trademarks of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners. SOURCE The SCO Group Blake Stowell of The SCO Group, +1-801-932-5703, bsto...@sco.com ; or Dave Close, Avi Dines, or Brian Willinsky, all of Schwartz Communications, +1-781-684-0770, s...@schwartz-pr.com , for The SCO Group /Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990421/SCOLOGO AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org PRN Photo Desk, +1-888-776-6555 or +1-212-782-2840 http://www.sco.com/scosource
Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu! logbridge.uoregon.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!chi1.webusenet.com!c03.atl99! news.webusenet.com!pc01.webusenet.com!fe02.atl2.webusenet.com.POSTED! not-for-mail From: Steve Martin <ecp...@bellsouth.net> Organization: WATE-TV, Knoxville, TN User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Linux Users $699 License Fee is Now Due and Enforceable -- NOT!! References: <bgp3if02134@enews2.newsguy.com> In-Reply-To: <bgp3if02134@enews2.newsguy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 39 Message-ID: <ACYXa.10252$Ee7.7261@fe02.atl2.webusenet.com> X-Complaints-To: ab...@usenetserver.com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:13:04 EDT Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:25:07 -0400 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.os.linux.setup:93512 Santa wrote: > LINDON, Utah, Aug 5, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- The SCO > Group, Inc. (SCOX) , the owner and licensor of the core UNIX(R) operating > system source code, today announced the availability of the SCO > Intellectual Property License for Linux(R). The run-time license permits > the use of SCO's intellectual property, in binary form only, as contained > in Linux distributions. This is on the face of it illegal, amounting to nothing more than an attempt at extortion. SCO has yet to demonstrate that it in fact owns copyright to any of the code in the Linux kernel (in fact, it flatly refuses to show which code supposedly infringes except to persons signing an NDA), the case has not yet been heard in court nor will it be until sometime in 2005, and until it has been determined in court that their allegations are true SCO has no more right of ownership of any code in the Linux kernel than do I, and no more right to sell licenses for use of this code than do I. (As a matter of fact, a German court has taken notice of this very fact and has issued an injunction against SCO Germany that prevents them from asking Linux users for license fees until the case is settled, and complaints against SCO have been filed toward this same end with Australian authorities.) Even if there is SCO property improperly included in the kernel, the end user is no more liable than would be a person who buys a newspaper that contains a plagiarized story. The crime would have been committed by the party committing the plagiarism. Until the courts decide, I remind SCO what the Irish New York cop said to Osama Bin Laden... -- Steve Martin, CPBE CBNT