SCO Extorting Unixware Licenses to Linux Users?

An anonymous user noted that SCO will sell you Unixware if you want to "Legitimize" your usage of Linux at your company. If you buy the license, you will be held blameless for your transgressions against SCO! Pricing has yet to be determined for the special licenses, but I suspect that for any value greater than zero, there are going to be a fair number of angry users.

Comments

Re:Why care?

[iapetus]

We're putting linux on our networks for free, and SCO wants a part of it.

Sounds reasonable enough to me. How does 25% sound? :)

Re:Extortion is Right!!

[TheRaven64]

Could this allow for future countersuits if SCO loses?

Not really no. Even in America, you can't sue something that doesn't exist, and the chances of SCO existing after they've lost are very low indeed.

My respiration patent.

[levik]

Having submitted a patent for biological respiratory systems, we have gone back and looked over some evidence, and are pretty confident that the majority of the world population (not limited to homo sapiens) may be infringing on our intellectual property.

Pending the outcome of our patent application we are offering carbon-based lifeforms to protect themselves from possible litigation by lisencing out technology for a low upfront fee based on the cell count of the organism.

By chosing to forgo purchasing a lisence, you may be opening yourself to a potential injunctive action down the road.

Now, if I buy this license...

[ivanmarsh]

If I buy this SCO license it means I own Unix right? Do I own Linux? Netware is thrown in there somewhere too isn't it? What about the Brooklyn bridge?

You can have my Linux when you pry it from my cold dead hand.

Obligatory welcome

[TrekkieGod]

Didn't we hear about this yesterday? This isn't exactly new, news.

I see that you are new amongst us. Welcome. What you're referring to is what we slashdotters call a "dupe". Please report to the re-education center where you will learn many things including, but not limited to, "profit lists", and jokes about non longer in existance soviet nations.

Re:BurySCO

[buckeyeguy]

In other news, Lawrence Ellison of Oracle Corp announced that he intended to launch a hostile buyout offer for SCO... "we don't really want their products, we just want their lawyers."

Re:Extortion is Right!!

[Xeth]

Even in America, you can't sue something that doesn't exist

My pending lawsuit against the toothfairy (illicit confiscation and commercial usage of my (copyrighted) DNA) speaks otherwise!