“Embedded Linux specialist MontaVista Software Thursday, looking
to assure embedded Linux customers that they have little to worry
about from questions about Linux’s legal status, joined the growing
list of Linux distribution firms rebutting the claims of SCO Group
that Linux is an unauthorized derivation of its Unix intellectual
property.“On Aug. 5, SCO began offering the SCO Intellectual Property
License for Linux, telling commercial Linux customers that they
must buy the license to ‘avoid infringement of SCO’s intellectual
property rights in Linux 2.4 and Linux 2.5 kernels.’“SCO claimed its rights include embedded versions of Linux: ‘A
license is required for each embedded system that is using SCO IP
in a commercial distribution of Linux. The embedded license grant
is for a single CPU, irrespective of the number of users of the
embedded device,’ SCO said in a statement on Aug. 5, adding that
the license costs $32 per single CPU, embedded device…”
boston.internet.com: MontaVista Says SCO Not A Threat to Embedded Linux
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