:InfoWorld: SCO Readies New Linux Licensing Program
"The SCO Group is preparing a new Linux licensing program that it claims will allow users of the open-source operating system to run Linux without fear of litigation.
"The program will be announced 'within the next month or so,' according to SCO spokesman Blake Stowell, but on Monday the company will announce what he calls a 'precursor' to this program in a press conference with SCO Chief Executive Officer Darl McBride and SCO's high-profile attorney David Boies, of the firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner...
"Stowell declined to provide specific details of SCO's new licensing program, saying only, 'we're working on some details to try and create some kind of a licensing program for Linux users to be able to run Linux legally...'"
Complete Story
Related Stories:
Raleigh News & Observer: Lawsuit Casts Cloud Over Red Hat (Jul 16, 2003)
CNET News: Sun Expands Unix Deal with SCO (Jul 11, 2003)
eWeek: SCO vs. Linux: Show Me the Money (Jul 10, 2003)
InternetWeek: Linux Users Standing Fast Despite SCO Legal Threats, InternetWeek Readers Say (Jul 09, 2003)
Talkback(s)
Name and Date
marc Jul 19, 2003, 20:26:07
none Jul 19, 2003, 20:31:53
W. Esbach Jul 19, 2003, 20:32:20
none Jul 19, 2003, 20:47:19
JohnC Jul 19, 2003, 20:54:15
cr Jul 19, 2003, 21:02:14
John Jul 19, 2003, 21:16:46
Garrick Jul 19, 2003, 21:24:37
Daniel Jul 19, 2003, 21:43:30
SM Jul 19, 2003, 21:56:28
Bruce Jul 19, 2003, 22:12:57
ThoreauHD Jul 19, 2003, 22:22:01
Stone2staR Jul 19, 2003, 22:24:04
Pedro Fuentes Jul 19, 2003, 22:28:49
Jonathan Jul 19, 2003, 22:29:39
Rufus Polson Jul 19, 2003, 23:00:46
Con Zymaris Jul 19, 2003, 23:08:11
Curt Busse Jul 19, 2003, 23:47:56
Howard B. Golden Jul 19, 2003, 23:55:00
Anil Wang Jul 20, 2003, 00:06:31
wildpossum Jul 20, 2003, 00:32:12
horne Jul 20, 2003, 00:37:31
abe Jul 20, 2003, 00:51:43
John Bell Jul 20, 2003, 01:01:23
PcG Jul 20, 2003, 01:11:31
Eric Laffoon Jul 20, 2003, 01:11:52
Anon Jul 20, 2003, 01:13:49
cyzedx Jul 20, 2003, 01:20:41
Anon Jul 20, 2003, 01:33:27
aaaaaaaaaa Jul 20, 2003, 01:40:22
Eric Laffoon Jul 20, 2003, 01:53:06
Bojan Smojver Jul 20, 2003, 01:57:07
blacklight Jul 20, 2003, 02:19:21
TheClient Jul 20, 2003, 02:25:15
GH Jul 20, 2003, 02:54:24
openmtl Jul 20, 2003, 03:09:41
Tim Dion Jul 20, 2003, 03:10:32
Khan Md Ashraf Jul 20, 2003, 03:12:22
Mario Miyojim Jul 20, 2003, 04:03:00
JohnC Jul 20, 2003, 04:12:38
The Godfather Jul 20, 2003, 04:20:20
GH Jul 20, 2003, 05:14:15
Chris Cox Jul 20, 2003, 05:17:44
Joe User Jul 20, 2003, 05:55:05
SM Jul 20, 2003, 08:05:02
SM Jul 20, 2003, 08:27:01
bristol Jul 20, 2003, 08:56:12
hs Jul 20, 2003, 09:33:17
Rainer Weikusat Jul 20, 2003, 10:24:43
Tux Fan Jul 20, 2003, 10:30:44
ROFL Jul 20, 2003, 10:51:11
Khimenko Victor Jul 20, 2003, 11:45:18
Xunil Ung Jul 20, 2003, 12:11:54
Wesley Parish Jul 20, 2003, 13:17:17
dcarrera Jul 20, 2003, 13:19:21
Stone2staR Jul 20, 2003, 14:50:57
David D. Huff Jr. Jul 20, 2003, 14:58:04
Nicholas Donovan Jul 20, 2003, 15:33:02
Nicholas Donovan Jul 20, 2003, 16:24:22
SM Jul 20, 2003, 18:02:53
ac Jul 20, 2003, 18:21:49
Anil Wang Jul 20, 2003, 19:30:38
F. Love Jul 20, 2003, 21:02:45
No Where Man Jul 20, 2003, 21:05:20
C. Whitman Jul 20, 2003, 21:52:31
whoever Jul 20, 2003, 22:26:33
TheClient Jul 20, 2003, 22:26:44
JohnC Jul 20, 2003, 22:39:44
Kriston Fincher Jul 21, 2003, 02:27:23
Svartalf Jul 20, 2003, 22:52:26
Svartalf Jul 20, 2003, 23:16:39
Bruce Jul 20, 2003, 23:50:22
Glenn Alexander Jul 20, 2003, 23:58:30
Ian T Jul 21, 2003, 04:29:42
Anon Jul 21, 2003, 05:27:36
Stone2staR Jul 21, 2003, 05:50:07
Stone2staR Jul 21, 2003, 05:56:38
Bojan Smojver Jul 21, 2003, 07:26:18
Shiva Jul 21, 2003, 08:56:31
Duane C. Mallory Jul 21, 2003, 13:01:09
ken scharf Jul 21, 2003, 14:33:13
TP Jul 21, 2003, 14:34:43
GH Jul 21, 2003, 15:25:36
Nicholas Holowaty Jul 21, 2003, 15:32:43
cyzedx Jul 21, 2003, 16:40:55
Rafael Wysocki Jul 21, 2003, 16:44:39
David Johnson Jul 21, 2003, 19:23:51
Richard N. Turner Jul 21, 2003, 21:50:05
David Sugar Jul 22, 2003, 00:27:55
WhatAJoke Jul 23, 2003, 01:41:27
Enter your comments below: