“SCO Group, the struggling company that holds the copyright to
the Unix operating system, plans to boost its revenue by charging
fees to some customers who have moved from its products to
Linux.“The company, which is seeking untapped revenue from customers
who migrated from SCO Unix to Linux but are still using SCO Unix
software components, plans to detail its efforts in the coming
weeks or months. SCO Chief Executive Darl McBride created an
organisation last northern fall ‘to formalise the licensing of our
intellectual property,’ according to a company presentation and
according to sources close to SCO.“‘SCO is concerned about violations of our software license
copyrights. SCO pays royalties on software, and we’re asking
companies/customers to do the same,’ according to the October
presentation…”
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