Re: [tlug] A SCO letter

[Edward Middleton <edwardmiddleton@example.com>]

On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 22:15, Edward Middleton wrote:
> from looking at the SCO filing it appears they are claiming IBM used SCO
> source code to improve Linux.  SCO claims this violated there "limited"
> licencing.
> 
> http://www.sco.com/scosource/complaint3.06.03.html
> 
> 	SCO (which, as used herein, includes its predecessor) has
> 	licensed UNIX and SCO/UNIX both to software vendors such as IBM
> 	and computer end-users such as McDonald’s.  The UNIX and
> 	SCO/UNIX licenses granted to software vendors and end-users are
> 	limited licenses, which impose restrictions and obligations on
> 	the licensees designed to protect the economic value of UNIX and
> 	SCO/UNIX.
> 
> 
> 	4.              As set forth in more detail below, IBM has
> 	breached its own obligations to SCO, induced and encouraged
> 	others to breach their obligations to SCO, interfered with SCO’s
> 	business, and engaged in unfair competition with SCO,
> 
> 
> 	86.          It is not possible for Linux to rapidly reach UNIX
> 	performance standards for complete enterprise functionality
> 	without the misappropriation of UNIX code, methods or concepts
> 	to achieve such performance, and coordination by a larger
> 	developer, such as IBM.

sorry should have read further from
http://www.sco.com/scosource/complaint3.06.03.html the "cause of
action".

1. Misappropriation of Trade Secrets—Utah Code Ann. §13-24-1 et seq.
2. Unfair Competition
3. Interference with Contract
4. Breach of Contract

-- 
Edward Middleton <edwardmiddleton@example.com>