SCO targets UK companies
Found on Vnunet on Friday, 24 December 2004
The SCO Group has taken its controversial Linux licensing programme worldwide, and is warning of imminent legal action against UK companies.
SCO claims its intellectual property (IP) has been put into Linux without its consent, giving it the right to demand that Linux users buy a licence.
SCO senior vice president and general manager of SCOsource Chris Sontag said the firm expected to start legal action against Linux users in the next couple of weeks.
"There are large Linux users [in the UK] - with very large commercial usage of Linux for which our IP is being exploited - for whom we have a great deal of concern," he said.
I have no words for how ridiculous this is. SCO failed to prove anything, they are only playing the "more time" game to extort some money from people (what is not really working, if you take a look at their dramatic losses). A judge should make a "prove it or lose it" decision; either SCO shows its cards or it can forget the case. Honestly, why should anyone play that dumb if he does really own the IP rights?