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SCO Expands Licensing Money Chase Worldwide

Posted by timothy on from the no-see-we-sue-you-otherwise dept.

drizst 'n drat writes "Article posted recently on ZDNet that 'companies outside the United States that use Linux now face the threat of legal action from the SCO Group, following the announcement on Wednesday that SCO's licenses are available worldwide.'" And cbiltcliffe writes "Vnunet is reporting that SCO is now threatening legal action against UK businesses that run Linux. Yet again, they claim they're going to initiate legal action against Linux users 'within a couple of weeks.' (Funny...weren't they saying that back in September?) They also claim that Novell and HP indemnification schemes are essentially useless (similar to SCO's Linux licences). It definitely appears the media is getting somewhat wiser to the FUD, however, as the story reports 'The run-time licence only permits use of what SCO says is its IP,' rather than 'The licence permits use of SCO's IP' like we would have heard a couple of months ago."

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  1. KIM JONG IL ON TEH NUKULAR PROLIPHERATION SPOKE!1~ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  2. Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 56 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

  3. Re:Amazon.com hacked LOL by Autonomous+Cowherder · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No it ain't. What are you talking about?

  4. yeah, hi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why does everyone get so pissy when MS announces that it's going to drop support for a 5-year-old OS?

    Yet not a word is mentioned when Red Hat announces it's no longer going to support a barely 1-year-old OS?

    Please. Someone explain.


    Dear Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 8.0 customers,

    In accordance with our errata support policy, the Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 8.0 distributions have now reached their errata maintenance end-of-life.

    This means that we will no longer be producing security, bugfix, or enhancement updates for these products. Red Hat Linux 9 reaches end of life on April 30, 2004.

    1. Re:yeah, hi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Simple Windows 98=Teh Suck Redhat 7/8/9=Not Teh Suck

  5. Re:Amazon.com hacked LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Goatse's down, too.

    "The one thing I could never stand about Santa Carla was all the Goddamned VAMPIRES!"

  6. JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fools who vote for Howard Dean suffer from the same brand of retardation that afflicted Nader supporters in 2000. Grow a fucking brain, you foul-smelling twigs. This ain't Columbia in '69, much less Berkeley.

    Vote Kerry.

    1. Re:JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Offtopic? I fail to see how this is offtopic. If Howard Dean wins the nomination, our nation is going to be fucked for at least four more years as Bush and his administration practice their ineptitude on the backs of hundreds of millions of Americans, not to mention working people worldwide. If that's not apropos to this discussion, I don't know what is.

  7. Re:Not news really by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You'll be hearing from my lawyer!!!