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"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 5.15.2003 ::
:: Penguin, Interrupted? ::
From Wired:
Unix Developer Stops Linux Sales
Commercial users and distributors of the Linux operating system could face legal action from the key patent holder of Unix, which said Wednesday it will suspend sales of its own Linux products.
SCO Group, formerly known as Caldera International, claims its intellectual property has been illegally included in all distributions of the Linux operating system.
In a press release issued late Wednesday, SCO issued a warning that all commercial users of Linux could be affected by any legal actions SCO takes to protect its intellectual property.
SCO's release also stated that "until the attendant risks with Linux are better understood and properly resolved, the company will suspend all of its future sales of the Linux operating system."
"SCO is taking this important step because there are intellectual property issues with Linux," said Chris Sontag, senior vice president and general manager of SCOsource, a SCO business division tasked with managing the company's intellectual property related to Unix.
"When SCO's own Unix software code is being illegally copied into Linux, we believe we have an obligation to educate commercial users of the potential liability that could rest with them for using such software to run their business," Sontag said.
SCO owns the rights to the Unix System V operating system technology, which was developed at AT&T Bell Labs in the 1960s. AT&T's Unix Systems Laboratories began development of Unix in the 1960s. AT&T sold its Unix intellectual property to Novell Networks in 1993, and Caldera International acquired the rights to it from Novell in 1995. Over the years, Caldera/SCO also acquired ownership of various patents, copyrights and core technology associated with Unix.
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From /.:
SCO To Show Copied Code
A number of people have written this morning in regards to the latest update in the ongoing SCO dropping Linux, with word from LinuxJournal that SCO has broadened the implications of code copying. A number of analyst groups have come out, however, saying that it's fine to keep moving ahead with Linux adoption - and there's an interesting interview with SCO's General Manager of SCOSource.
SCO interview excerpt:
Q: What about SuSE and Red Hat customers and other Linux users? Could they face litigation or be affected in any way?
A: Certainly, as the evidence mounts, there could be concerns and issues for end customers. When you're talking about copyrighted materials or trade secrets being inappropriately obtained and released, even the recipients of that information have to have concerns.
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