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:Reuters/Forbes: SCO Approached Google About Linux License
Reuters/Forbes: SCO Approached Google About Linux License
Jan 10, 2004, 05 :30 UTC (33 Talkback[s]) (12597 reads)

[ Thanks to Matt for this link. ]

"SCO Group Inc., the software company that is suing IBM and extracting royalties from other Linux users, said Friday that it had held 'low-level talks' with Internet search engine Google about a license agreement.

"'Certainly if they're using 10,000 Linux servers that include our intellectual property as part of Unix, we would want them to license,' said Blake Stowell, a SCO spokesman..."

Complete Story

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
The big "IF" is: IF Linux includes SCO&# ...   Blake's Big 'IF'   
Howard B. Golden
Jan 10, 2004, 06:34:22  
If Google pays them off I guess I'll ...   If Google pays them off   
Void Main
Jan 10, 2004, 06:45:28  
And what the heck are "low level talks"? ...   SCO hasn't extracted any royalties for Linux..   
IanM
Jan 10, 2004, 06:48:32  
More extravagent claims, still no proof. ...   Google owes SCO 10,000 middle fingers   
s_PeePs
Jan 10, 2004, 06:56:02  
Guess this is how MS will use that SCO i ...   The search business..   
Ben Rosenberg
Jan 10, 2004, 08:35:34  
"Certainly if they're using 10,000 L ...   Explained...   
Bojan Smojver
Jan 10, 2004, 09:33:16  
Wow this is some news. How about a trans ...   Nothing to see here   
Eric Laffoon
Jan 10, 2004, 09:48:59  
Low level talks huh? Is that like threat ...   desperation time   
wildpossum
Jan 10, 2004, 10:18:51  
Is this just another lie coming from SCO ...   Another lie?   
Chad
Jan 10, 2004, 10:27:16  
The article is very misleading and smack ...   Misleading   
kP
Jan 10, 2004, 15:16:03  
intermittent, low-level discussions?what ...   intermittent, low-level discussions   
mike
Jan 10, 2004, 16:12:27  
Actually, there was a guy named Selden w ...   RE: Nothing to see here   
cmg
Jan 10, 2004, 16:20:05  
SCO's intermittent, low-level discus ...   SCO's intermittent, low-level discussions   
David
Jan 10, 2004, 16:43:59  
Isn't it strange that this story is ...   Who is really behind this?   
The_one
Jan 10, 2004, 17:21:34  
> And what the heck are "low level talks ...   Re: SCO hasn't extracted any royalties for Lin   
your
Jan 10, 2004, 17:29:44  
Doesn't SCO remind you of the woman ...   Re: Another lie?   
Tony
Jan 10, 2004, 19:17:57  
I suggest that you email Google and tell ...   Re: If Google pays them off   
s_PeePs
Jan 10, 2004, 19:29:28  
This was really sloppy reporting by Reut ...   sloppy reporting   
petre
Jan 10, 2004, 20:05:40  
SCO: We want $$$$$$$$$$$$$Google: SCO: ...   Low Level Talks   
Wogster
Jan 10, 2004, 20:41:46  
The article is very misleading and smack ...   Re: Misleading   
I R A Darth Aggie
Jan 10, 2004, 20:56:38  
The article makes it sound like there&# ...   comment   
idioteque
Jan 10, 2004, 21:06:22  
When is the end of the 30-day deadline t ...   30 Days?   
Brad
Jan 10, 2004, 22:46:27  
Novell has filed copyrights on the same ...   Novell's copyrights neutralize SCO's   
Statue of Liberty
Jan 10, 2004, 23:17:34  
> To paraphrase Dennis Miller (speaking ...   Re: Punks   
chemicalscum
Jan 11, 2004, 00:27:58  
> Doesn't SCO remind you of the woma ...   Re: Re: Another lie?   
Rick Ellis
Jan 11, 2004, 02:42:34  
Has anybody paid SCO?-- http://www.spin ...   extracting royalties from other Linux users   
Rick Ellis
Jan 11, 2004, 02:50:15  
Isn't Novell saying they never actua ...   I thought Novell owned linux   
zmz
Jan 11, 2004, 03:34:38  
> When is the end of the 30-day deadline ...   Re: 30 Days?   
David
Jan 11, 2004, 04:27:25  
If, like Void Main and I, you also inten ...   Email-Google!   
s_PeePs
Jan 11, 2004, 08:21:19  
> Doesn't SCO remind you of the woma ...   Re: Re: Another lie?   
Ney
Jan 11, 2004, 14:42:24  
I just sent my letter off. I put a copy ...   Re: Re: If Google pays them off   
Void Main
Jan 11, 2004, 19:20:25  
Yes it does but the woman in Ohio who cl ...   Re: Re: Another lie?   
FWP
Jan 12, 2004, 02:31:44  
You know, if this were not so pathetic, ...   SCO fradulent claims now face Google   
paul
Jan 12, 2004, 07:09:21  
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