Subject: SCO vs GNU/Linux
From: Greg Madden (pabi@gci.net)
Date: Mon May 19 2003 - 11:07:43 AKDT
This list has been pretty quiet concerning the SCO lawsuit. It seems
that SCO's strategy is clarifying as time passes. The following quote is
from a small shop that supports/sell Linux boxes, and has stopped using
Linux. It could take years to settle this lawsuit.Anyone formatting
their Linux hard drives :)
"No, it is not good. I may have been at least partly wrong about what
the whole thing is about. I was just told Saturday morning that we no
longer support linux, and not because of our own choice but because of
possible liability issues. And even worse, according to the lawyer, we
need to "get rid" of our previous linux customers too, to obsolve
ourself from past liabilities in case something is found in linux that
is either copyrighted, patented, or is proprietary property of somebody
else. Apparently, when it is proven beyond a shadow of a doubt where
the linux code comes from and that it is all legitimate, then it is ok
to support and sell it again. I am not sure how companies like Redhat
are handling the whole thing, but that is what we have done (are
doing). For those customers that want to stay with linux servers we
can only recommend that they seek help from online resources such as
this list. I have much unpleasant work to do this coming week as there
is going to be alot of questions.
Jim"
-- Greg Madden Precision Air Balance, Inc. Phone: 907-276-0461 email: pabi@gci.net--------- To unsubscribe, send email to <aklug-request@aklug.org> with 'unsubscribe' in the message body.
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