Oh, I cna't even type I'm so mad! [LWN.net]

Oh, I cna't even type I'm so mad!

Posted Aug 5, 2003 23:07 UTC (Tue) by pto (guest, #5753)
Parent article: SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register)

Sorry, I find it impossible to compose a rational comment. I just read their FAQ at

http://www.sco.com/scosource/linuxlicensefaq.html.

What a load!

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Development costs??

Posted Aug 6, 2003 3:31 UTC (Wed) by drathos (guest, #6454) [Link]

From the FAQ:

Why is SCO charging so much for the right to use SCO IP in Linux when most of the code in the Linux distribution is not SCO IP?
SCO has invested hundreds of millions in the development of UNIX and is therefore entitled to a reasonable return on its investment. SCO believes that major portions of the 2.4 and later versions of the Linux kernel are unauthorized derivative works of SCO UNIX IP.

Hah! Hundreds of millions in development of UNIX? They bought it from Novell! (Well.. SCO bought it from Novell, Caldera bought SCO and now they're back to being SCO, but you know what I mean) All the work that they've mentioned so far (RCU, NUMA, JFS) was developed by other companies, before SCO even bought SVR4!

Development costs??

Posted Aug 6, 2003 12:00 UTC (Wed) by dark (✭ supporter ✭, #8483) [Link]

Their mindset is clear here: they're "entitled" to profits, and if they somehow mismanage their company to such an extent that they don't get any, then the government should step in and correct the situation.