[TriLUG] SCO Conference Call

[Gnu Man]

On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 14:51, J. "Spydir Web" Powers wrote:
> and there's no way we can start a "show the code or show the lawyer 
> fees" movement is there?

SCO claimed that they can't show the code because that would violate
their contracts.  

> 
> Personally I can't figure out how they'll hunt down every linux 
> user....


IANAL, but I imagine if they won this battle in court, they would have
the power to force the Linux companies to give them their customer lists
and force their customers to pay.

> plus from what I read on slashdot it was just the commerical 
> users?  Whatever that means....
> 

SCO claims that IBM and Redhat have forced them to go after the "end
users" as SCO called them.  

Their plan is to offer a Licensing Scheme and sue everyone that doesn't
purchase a license for a kernel 2.4 or later version of Linux.


> Gnu Man wrote:
> > Just listened to the SCO conference call.  
> > 
> > A few highlights:
> > 
> > 1.  SCO wants $699 per CPU for a license 
> > 2.  This is until October 15, then jumps to $1399 per CPU
> > 3.  They "WILL" sue the end users of Linux who don't buy a license
> > 4.  IBM and SCO's lawsuit has a court date for April 2005
> > 5.  Redhat and SCO's lawsuit would follow shortly afterwards.
> > 6.  Stated that they will not publicly disclose the "infringing code"
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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