ZDNet Australia: SCO Australia Launches Linux Licences, Downplays Legal Threat

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 20, 2004

[ Thanks to Iain
Ferguson
for this link. ]

“The SCO Group is initially soft-pedalling threats of lawsuits
against Australian and New Zealand companies who use Linux as it
starts marketing licences here to secure revenue for use of the
open source software.

“SCO’s Australian and New Zealand regional general manager,
Kieran O’Shaughnessy, told ZDNet Australia ‘in no way will I be
threatening users with lawsuits’ during the sale process, which
kicks off this week.

“However, O’Shaughnessy also warned that ‘SCO reserves its right
to pursue legal redress as a last resort in resolving copyright
infringement [issues]…'”


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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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