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Robocop · 07-21-2003, 10:38 AM

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SCO Registers UNIX(R) Copyrights and Offers UNIX License

U.S. Copyright Office Officially Begins Assignment of UNIX Copyrights to SCO, Company to Provide UNIX License to Commercial Linux End Users

LINDON, Utah, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO® Group (SCO)(Nasdaq: SCOX - News) today announced that it has received U.S. copyright registrations for UNIX System V source code, a jurisdictional pre-requisite to enforcement of its UNIX copyrights. The company also announced it will offer UnixWare® licenses tailored to support run-time, binary use of Linux for all commercial users of Linux based on kernel version 2.4.x and later. <b>SCO will hold harmless commercial Linux customers that purchase a UnixWare license against any past copyright violations, and for any future use of Linux in a run-only, binary format.</b>

In May, SCO announced that Linux contained SCO's UNIX System V source code and that Linux was an unauthorized derivative of UNIX. SCO also indicated that Linux end users could face liability for running it in their organization. Beginning this week, the company will begin contacting companies regarding their use of Linux and to offer a UnixWare license. SCO intends to use every means possible to protect the company's UNIX source code and to enforce its copyrights.

07-21-2003, 10:38 AM
Robocop Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 325	BYE BYE FREE LINUX - UNIX Gets the Acacia Treatment http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030721/lam075_1.html SCO Registers UNIX(R) Copyrights and Offers UNIX License U.S. Copyright Office Officially Begins Assignment of UNIX Copyrights to SCO, Company to Provide UNIX License to Commercial Linux End Users LINDON, Utah, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO® Group (SCO)(Nasdaq: SCOX - News) today announced that it has received U.S. copyright registrations for UNIX System V source code, a jurisdictional pre-requisite to enforcement of its UNIX copyrights. The company also announced it will offer UnixWare® licenses tailored to support run-time, binary use of Linux for all commercial users of Linux based on kernel version 2.4.x and later. <b>SCO will hold harmless commercial Linux customers that purchase a UnixWare license against any past copyright violations, and for any future use of Linux in a run-only, binary format.</b> In May, SCO announced that Linux contained SCO's UNIX System V source code and that Linux was an unauthorized derivative of UNIX. SCO also indicated that Linux end users could face liability for running it in their organization. Beginning this week, the company will begin contacting companies regarding their use of Linux and to offer a UnixWare license. SCO intends to use every means possible to protect the company's UNIX source code and to enforce its copyrights.