[ale] SCO Tells Linux Users: Time To Pay Up

[bob at verysecurelinux.com (Transam)]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 11:59:22AM -0600, Joseph Knapka wrote:
...
> Wait, wait... has SCO actually proved to *anyone's* satisfaction
> that there really is SysV code in the Linux kernel???

>From what I've read, SCO *claims* that there are about 400 lines of

code from Unix illegally used in Linux and they are claiming, I think,
$40 Billion dollars of damage.

To obtain damages in a U.S. civil court, one must demonstrate the financial
loss caused by the issue in question.  No line of any code is worth
$100 million.  Thus, SCO's claim is unrealistic.  If any Linux code has
made it into SCO-authorized Unix, there's a counterclaim.


Of more interest, since SCO's claim is absurd, its letters to companies
demanding money under threat of civil or criminal action amounts to fraud
in many jurisdictions.  This is a felony.  Further, SCO's executives
claiming this matter as an asset (as they very likely are), probably
constitutes stock manipulation.  This too is a felony.

While SCO may shake a little money out of cowards, IBM seems unwilling
to tolerate being "shaken down".  Hence, the popular view of "goodbye SCO!"
A few will be scared away from Linux and that is unfortunate.

> -- Joe
Bob
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