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[Linux-aus] Re: [Talk] SCO Linux kernel still being distributed



On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:

...Talk about SCO complaints, and whether the ACCC can do anything...

> The trouble is that they don't yet appear to be doing anything
> illegal.  They haven't made any statement at all in Australia.  Even
> if they were to demand license fees, it would only be illegal if it
> could be shown that they did not, indeed, own Linux.  We know that
> they don't, but the courts don't.

I have cc'ed to this message to a friend who was told by a SCO employee in 
Canberra that he _had_ to buy SCO now or be sued.

Cheers,
Mikal

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