[Discussioni] Newsscan

[Francesco Potorti`]

SCO TAKES LINUX BATTLE DOWNUNDER
      SCO Group has begun targeting Australian Linux users in its legal 
campaign to claim ownership of some code in the open-source operating 
system. SCO has engaged lawyers to "contact Linux users" about its 
controversial Linux licensing scheme, after its U.S. legal counsel targeted 
1,500 of the world's largest Linux users in May. SCO Australia-New Zealand 
general manager Kieran O'Shaugnessy would not say how many Australian 
organizations had been contacted, but claimed at least one sale had gone 
through for a SCO Linux license. SCO said several U.S. companies had bought 
the licenses, including Computer Associates although CA disputed the 
company's claim that Linux software infringed on its Unix patents. SCO's 
Linux licenses went on sale in the U.S. in July, and were made available in 
Australia in January at $999 per server processor and $285 per desktop 
machine. (The Australian, 23 Mar 2004, rec'd from John Lamp, Deakin University)
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9044174%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html