The text of SCO's "Linux license" [LWN.net]

The text of SCO's "Linux license"

Posted Aug 7, 2003 0:25 UTC (Thu) by dwalters (guest, #4207)
Parent article: The text of SCO's "Linux license"

It's interesting to note that if you agree to this license, you agree to keep records of all your Linux deployments, and be audited by SCO.

There are probably enough strings attached to this license to make the balance of risk for many corporations (and the government) in favour of not going for SCO's Linux license.

To really convince nearly everybody to not bother with the SCO license, though, it would be nice to see IBM, Red Hat and SuSe come out right now and indemnify all of their Linux customers against any legal action from SCO. I think this would be enough to tip the balance for most organisations firmly in the direction of not licensing.

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The text of SCO's "Linux license"

Posted Aug 7, 2003 0:38 UTC (Thu) by alonzo (guest, #2770) [Link]

They can't "indemnify" something they don't 100% own/control, but,
IBM did put out a memo to calm their customers and RedHat did file
for an injunction against SCO.

That's good enough for me.

The text of SCO's "Linux license"

Posted Aug 7, 2003 14:46 UTC (Thu) by error27 (subscriber, #8346) [Link]

If IBM did copy code into Linux and you lost a lawsuit as a result you could probably sue IBM.

Of course, that senario is pretty unlikely, because IBM didn't copy any code, and SCO can't sue you as an end user.