Utah County Herald: Linux Software Battle Intensifies Between Developers, SCO Group

“SCO likened its battle over Linux with the open-source
community — a group of software developers worldwide that
developed software for free distribution — to a wider ongoing
debate in the music and technology industries over online
file-swapping.

“The music industry, in an aggressive campaign to discourage
piracy through fears of expensive civil penalties or settlements,
last week filed 261 copyright lawsuits across the nation against
Internet users that trade songs online.

“‘As open-source software development becomes prevalent and
digital music can be downloaded for free, many people are simply
ignoring copyright and patent laws,’ SCO said in its lawsuit. ‘Many
public commentators recognize this disintegration of property
rights as a danger to our economic system. In a small way, SCO…
is part of this debate…'”

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