LWN: SCO's Copyright Letter | Linux Today

LWN: SCO’s Copyright Letter

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 22, 2003

[ Thanks to Jim
Dossey
and Bill Nuxli
for this link. ]

“In May 2003, SCO warned about enterprise use of the Linux
operating system in violation of its intellectual property rights
in UNIX technology. Without exhausting or explaining all potential
claims, this letter addresses one specific area in which certain
versions of Linux violate SCO’s rights in UNIX.

“In this letter we are identifying a portion of our copyright
protected code that has been incorporated into Linux without our
authorization. Also, our copyright management information has been
removed from these files…”

Complete Story

Related Story:
New York
Times: SCO Sends Second Warning Letter to Linux Users
(Dec 22,
2003)

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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