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Rather, Weiss thinks that immediate payment isn't wise because the burden of proving that fees are required should be on the SCO camp and not on the user.

But what to do if, as a Linux user, your shop gets a letter from SCO raising issues about use of Linux and its own copyright claim? According to Weiss, the "user only has to respond in some way [to indicate] that they acknowledge being at the end of the threat."

Indeed, Weiss said the response might go on to note "that they are at this point unclear and uncertain about what the claims are, that no judgment has been rendered in a court, and that SCO needs to clearly state [its] case and show proof."

Weiss noted that SCO hasn't yet won any cases in court that clearly give it the right to extract fees from Linux users. So, in that sense, he added, asking for clear proof and evidence of any license claim makes sense. "Otherwise, any company that gets a letter in the mail stating they've violated intellectual property (IP) could be paying license fees to quacks."



Acacia's patents have been proven in court to be enforceable or are Adult Companies settling for "peace of mind"?