SCO delays Linux user lawsuit announcement

SCO smoke screen FUD: This is just some smoke screen FUD to hide the fact that SCO has confesed to a German court the fact that they are full of sh*t.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040301025634926

"It seems, according to Computerwoche, that SCO Group GmbH (SCO's German branch) agreed, on February 18, 2004, to an out-of-court settlement between it and Univention and will refrain from saying in Germany some things it says in the US constantly. There are four things they have agreed not to say in Germany, on pain of a fine of ?10,000 euros per offense -- that's about $12,500 USD -- and one thing they can't say unless they present proof within a month of the settlement date.

Details of the settlement from the article:

1) SCO Group GmbH (German branch of SCO) has agreed not to allege any more that Linux contains SCO's unlawfully acquired intellectual property.

2) The settlement also forbids SCO from claiming that if end users are running Linux they might be liable for breaches of SCO's intellectual property.

3) Also they cannot say that Linux is an unauthorized derivative of Unix.

4) Finally SCO Group GmbH is prohibited to threaten to sue Linux users unless they bought SCO Linux or Caldera Linux."; Posted by: wackoae Posted on: 03/02/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Yet another SCO scare tactic Ployd_Farker | 03/02/04

Provided it goes to court. jfrankcarr | 03/02/04

SCO wants to have..... Rick_K | 03/02/04

target will be SCO licensee rgriffith64@... | 03/02/04

SCO smoke screen FUD wackoae | 03/02/04

I should move there CobraA1 | 03/02/04

Your posts are FUD DarbyOhara | 03/03/04

Sick F&%$s! spinit | 03/02/04

Hint: CobraA1 | 03/02/04

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