SCO Targets UK Firms

indierockboy writes "It seems that SCO is bringing its dodgy 'Linux licenses' over here to the UK. Vnunet.com reports that SCO's expansion of their 'Linux licensing programme' makes legal action against UK users 'imminent'. Does anyone know if the ongoing cases in the USA can be used as a defense? Since SCO has yet to prove anything..."

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Phone call log

[LiquidCoooled]

UK Company: Good morning blah blah, how may I help you?
SCO: I was just looking on your website,
thats a nice computer system you've got there.
Wouldn't want anything to happen to it now would we?
A thing so precious would need protection.
We could offer that protection.
Because protection is good to have.
$699 per cpu per year to you.
UK Company: Martha, its another crank caller [click] beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

All I want for Christmas...

[Anonymous Coward]

...is to see this headline:
SCO Files Chapter 11.

Response letter to send if SCO tries to sue you

[ravenspear]

Dear Mr. Mcbride,

It has come to my attention that you are attempting to use your phony IP claims as support for attempting legal action against our company. Unfortunately it has been revealed that your business model has some flaws which we can not overlook. At the present moment it seems that you are employing the following strategy in pursuing this threat against us:

1. Claim to own Linux
2. ???
3. Profit!

But, if I may point out sir, that particular strategy was shown to be ineffectual as a vehicle for revenue generation a while ago. Furthermore, and as Kyle pointed out, the particular Gnome who first came up with that strategy was not operating on all intellectual cylinders at the time. Consequently, I would advise you to reconsider the logic of continuing to pursue this plan of action in the future.

Sincerely yours,
Company X

P.S. If you still want to sue us, feel free to try because our legal department is quite bored right now and they could use an easy win. It seems they have not seen anywhere near as much action as our US subsidiary recently.

Re:Response letter to send if SCO tries to sue you

[future assassin]

Heh I just sent them the above message and this is what I got back.

Hello, this is the qconfirm mail-handling program. One or more messages
from you are being held because your address was not recognized.

To release your pending message(s) for delivery, please reply to this
request. Your reply will not be read, so an empty message is fine.

If you do not reply to this request, your message(s) will eventually be
returned to you, and will never be delivered to the envelope recipient.

This confirmation verifies that your message(s) are legitimate and not
junk-mail.

COUNTRY: Canada
CONCERNING: Other

MESSAGE:
Dear Mr. Mcbride,

It has come to my attention that you are attempting to use your phony IP claims
as support for attempting legal action against our company. Unfortunately it has
been revealed that your business model has some flaws which we can not overlook.
At the present moment it seems that you are employing the following strategy in
pursuing this threat against us:

1. Claim to own Linux
2. ???
3. Profit!

But, if I may point out sir, that particular strategy was shown to be
ineffectual as a vehicle for revenue generation a while ago. Furthermore, and as
Kyle pointed out, the particular Gnome who first came up with that strategy was
not operating on all intellectual cylinders at the time. Consequently, I would
advise you to reconsider the logic of continuing to pursue this plan of action
in the future.

Sincerely yours,
Company X

P.S. If you still want to sue us, feel free to try because our legal department
is quite bored right now and they could use an easy win. It seems they have not
seen anywhere near as much action as our US subsidiary recently.