ComputerWeekly: SCO Sends Notices to 6,000 Linux Licensees

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 6, 2004

[ Thanks to johnson for
this link. ]

“The SCO Group has begun sending written notices to its 6,000
Unix licensees requiring them to certify that they are in full
compliance with their Unix source code agreements and are not using
Unix code in Linux.

“In addition, SCO said it is sending a second set of letters
outlining additional evidence of copyright infringement to a subset
of 1,500 global Linux users that SCO first contacted in May about
copyright infringement. The company predicted that it could spend
up to $16m in its existing financial year on legal fees associated
with its legal fight over Linux…”


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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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