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SCO takes Linux licensing overseas (News.com)
News.com
reports on efforts by SCO to broaden the scope of their
licensing quest to a worldwide arena.
"Companies outside the United States that use Linux could already buy a license from SCOsource under the existing license program running within the United States. But the explicit offer of licenses worldwide brings with it the implicit threat of legal action for those who do not comply.
The first lawsuits are now only weeks away, according to Sontag. "I would expect within the next few weeks we will have a number of Linux end users who we will have identified and taken legal action (against)," Sontag told ZDNet UK. "We will probably see that ramping up over time.""
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SCO takes Linux licensing overseas (News.com) Posted Jan 15, 2004 10:06 UTC (Thu) by ekj (subscriber, #1524) [Link] Excellent !I just wish they'd target me. Unfortunately that is very unlikely to happen, as there is a gag-order on claims about ownership of Linux in Germany in place, and sending out "offers of licenses" is hard to do without claiming that you, infact, own the thing you're offering to "license". As it is, they'll have to target other countries, my guess is that new gag-orders will pop up quicker than SCO can say "stock inflation".
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