I think SCO is not interested in protecting their code.
I think SCO is not interested in protecting their code.
Posted May 22, 2003 20:55 UTC (Thu) by giraffedata (guest, #1954)In reply to: I think SCO is not interested in protecting their code. by torsten
Parent article: Torvalds Suggests DiBona for SCO Panel (Linux Journal)
How GPL licensors respond to violations of their copyright is irrelevant because GPL licensors rarely hold that copyright as a economic asset.
In contrast, SCO considers its copyright on Unix to be an economic asset. It doesn't want to stop people from copying Unix; it wants them to copy it like crazy and pay royalties on it. For the same reason, it wants people who copied Unix in the past, particularly if they made money by doing so, to pay SCO royalties.
There is nothing behind the SCO suit other than SCO's desire to cash in on an asset that it may hold (and paid good money for). Ordinary business.