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The Australian: No Go for SCO Licences

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 27, 2004

“Austrlian government users of Linux are ignoring SCO’s offer of
licences to protect them from possible legal action over the
company’s claim to intellectual property used in the open source
operating system.

“Government users, while generally cautious about legal risks,
are taking a wait-and-see approach to SCO’s controversial
claims.

“US-based SCO claimed in May that versions of the open source
operating system dating back to the 2.4 kernel use code owned by
SCO. In July it began offering US Linux users a licence to protect
them again possible legal action…”


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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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