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The Australian: No Go for SCO Licences

“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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