[plug] FW: SCO ANZ Announces IP License for Linux

Tue Jan 20 10:03:35 WST 2004

As my old man would often say, "Get stuffed, stronger message follows".

Quoting Chris Cornish <ccornish at eftel.com.au>:

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> Just thought this may intrest some of you on the list
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kieran O'Shaughnessy [mailto:TeamSCO at sco.rsc01.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 8:28 AM
> To: ccornish at eftel.com.au
> Subject: SCO ANZ Announces IP License for Linux
> 
> SCO Announces ANZ Availability of SCO Intellectual Property License
> 
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Sydney, January 20 2004
> 
> The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX), the owner of the UNIXR operating
> system and a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions, today announced
> the availability of the SCO Intellectual Property License to companies
> and organisations in Australia and New Zealand. 
> 
> The company began the worldwide roll out of the license in the UK,
> France and other European countries last week, and plans to make the
> license available to many more countries and regions by February 1. 
> 
> The SCO Intellectual Property (IP) License permits the use of SCO's
> intellectual property, in binary form only, as contained in Linux
> distributions.  By purchasing the license, customers are properly
> compensating SCO for the UNIX source code, derivative UNIX code and
> other UNIX-related intellectual property and copyrights owned by SCO as
> it is currently found in Linux. 
> 
> Pricing:
> The SCO IP License is currently available at introductory pricing of
> AUD$999.00 per server processor and AUD$285.00 per desktop processor.
> The company is also offering the license to embedded device
> manufacturers that use Linux to run their devices. 
> 
> In addition to extending the license to customers worldwide, the company
> also announced that the license will shortly be made available through
> select SCO resellers.  SCO resellers who are interested in obtaining
> more information about providing the SCO IP License to their customers
> can contact SCO at anz_info at sco.com after February 1, 2004. 
> 
> "While we have identified several problem areas at issue within Linux,
> we also want to be fair to customers and allow them to continue using
> Linux and our intellectual property unencumbered," said Chris Sontag,
> senior vice president and general manager of SCOsource, the intellectual
> property licensing and protection division of The SCO Group, Inc.  "We
> believe the SCO IP License helps customers satisfy the legal
> requirements to continue using SCO's UNIX intellectual property in Linux
> in a forthright way while properly compensating the company for use of
> its property." 
> 
> Kieran O'Shaughnessy, SCO's Regional General Manager, Australia and New
> Zealand, said he will begin briefing the company's local distributors
> this week regarding the SCO IP License's introduction.
> 
> "The SCO IP License helps organisations in Australia and New Zealand to
> protect and leverage the investments they have made in Linux while
> providing the means for them to continue day-to-day business without
> interruption," he said.  
> 
> Availability:
> Commercial business end users of Linux, based on the 2.2 kernel and
> later, that are interested in more information or in purchasing the SCO
> IP License in Australia or New Zealand can call +61 2 9440 7577 or
> e-mail SCO at anz_info at sco.com. 
> 
> ends
> 
> Notes for Editors:
> 
> Forward looking statement safe harbor: 
> This press release contains a forward looking statement regarding The
> Company's plans to make the SCO Intellectual Property License available
> in Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., France, and other European
> countries and many more countries and regions by February 1, 2004. This
> statement is subject to risks and uncertainties including without
> limitation those risks and uncertainties identified in our filings with
> the SEC and the risk that we will not be in a position to roll out this
> license in such countries and regions as planned. We undertake no
> obligation to update the information in this release, except as required
> by law. 
> 
> About The SCO Group 
> The SCO Group (Nasdaq: SCOX) helps millions of customers in more than 82
> countries to grow their businesses with UNIX business solutions.
> 
> Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than
> 11,000 resellers and 4,000 developers. SCO Global Services provides
> reliable localized support and services to all partners and customers.
> 
> For more information on SCO products and services visit:
> http://www.sco.com . 
> 
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