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SCO Seeks Licenses Down Under

Posted by timothy on from the whatcha-eatin'-under-there dept.

WildCode writes "SCO is now targeting Aussies in its continuing Linux licence saga. According to the story, one Aussie organization has already signed up for the licence. The ACCC has no comment at this time but this certainly puts a twist on things as the ACCC were waiting for the results of the lawsuits in the U.S. before making any judgement. Personally I think its time for the ACCC to say to SCO 'wait for the U.S outcomes before taking action here.'" An anonymous reader points to another story at internetnews.com.

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  1. It's quite obvious why they are doing this by amigoro · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Well apart from the much publicized link with Microsoft SCO is a dying company who have very little to lose. Their profits are heading south and they are about to go down under (Pun Intended). They have obtained pariah status sooner than you can say "litigious bastards". They know they have very little room to stand on legal-wise in the US, so it is pretty damn obvious they will try some other market, where things might just turn out more to their favour.

    Justly or unjustly, rightly or wrongly, they have already paid a heavy price for their underhand techniques, in the form of the mydoom worm. This clearly shows how much anger and resentment the society has against this vulture of an organisation.

    Under these circumstances, it is highly unlikely that their legal action will work anywhere in the world. Even if MS pumps more money into SCO to damage Linux, it will not save SCO.

    SCO can't kill Linux. What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger.

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  2. Other cases probably thrown out by bangular · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I can't see a judge reasonably going through with another SCO case while there is pending litigation with the IBM case. It would make sense that the IBM case would set precedent and all other cases obide by that ruling. That is of course unless new substantial evidence comes out.

    I think SCO's had it's day in the media. The last hold out's where the mainstream media and for the most part they've just stopped reporting about it. Their stock is at 1/3 of what it peaked at over the year. Sharply down since demcember (which funny enough is about the same time the judge ordered them to actually show the court offending code). SCO isn't going to end in a bust, but in a fizzle. And that process has been in the works for a few months now.

  3. What sales??? by shadowtech · · Score: 4, Insightful

    From the article:

    Last week, he was fairly certain at least one sale had been completed, but would not comment on how many more were in the pipeline. "The first sale may well have gone through, but I'm not going to comment on each and every sale," Mr O'Shaugnessy said.

    Fairly certain? may well have gone through?

    You'd think the SCO Australia-New Zealand general manager would have more of an idea if they'd made a sale.

    With all the money Microsoft has raised for them they should be able to afford a decent accounts department. After all, its the only income they're going to see in this country for a while.

    $AUD999... doesn't even buy their legal team breakfast.

  4. Wait for US? Why? by anothy · · Score: 4, Insightful
    ...I think its time for the ACCC to say to SCO 'wait for the U.S outcomes before taking action here.
    um, what? why? one country's legal system shouldn't be beholden to another's. this is true regardless of the outcome. SCO shouldn't have to wait to start sending out licenses or lawsuits in any jurisdiction outside the US - and every other country should have to wait to say "bugger off!" or the nearest local equivalent. why the hell is the US legal system some sort of benchmark for the world?
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  5. Why is this under "your rights online"? by lightspawn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    SCO are not the law. On the contrary - it seems their business is extortion. They're certainly guilty of massive copyright infringement - distributing hundreds (thousands?) of software packages to thousands (hundreds?) of customers without a license (since they rejected the GPL).

    There should really be a section for "Corporate crime" or something along these lines. Posting this as a YRO makes it appear like the law is on SCO's side.

    P.S. Another SCO Linux licensee? We should really start referring to any companies that fall for this scam as SCOXsuckers.