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A SCO jogi lépésekre készülődik a végfelhasználók ellen

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Az SCO azt tervezi, hogy folytatja és kiszélesíti a FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt - félelem, bizonytalanság és kétség rövidítése) kampányát a Linux felhasználók ellen. Darl McBride - a SCO elnöke és vezérigazgatója - elmondta a las vegas-i SCO Forum-on, hogy azt tervezik, hogy beperelik a végfelhasználókat isk.

McBride szerint a Linux felhasználókat felderítő munka már el is kezdődött a múlt hónapban. McBride elmondta, hogy az elmúlt hónapban sikerült azonosítaniuk az összesen eladott Linux szerverek vásárlóinak 10%-át (gondolom az Államok területén), és mint hozzátette azt várja, hogy mire a jogi akciókat elkezdik, ez a szám felmegy több, mint 40%-ra.

Három csoport dolgozik a felhasználók felderítésén. Az egyik készíti a felhasználók listáját. A második csoport feladata az, hogy elérje a felhasználókat (levélben) és felszólítsa őket a SCO UnixWare licenc megvásárlására. A harmadik csoport feladata pedig az lesz, hogy a jogi lépéseket megtegye azon felhasználók ellen, akik elutasítják a licenc megvásárlását.

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'Lopott' SCO kód töredékek szivárogtak ki?

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A Heise német nyelvű IT oldal egyik cikkben bemutatott két olyan képet, amelyen állítólag a 'lopott' System V kódot hasonlítják össze a Linux kernel forrásában talált kóddal.A képek:

1, 2

A Slashdot szerint a kód csakugyan a Linux kernelből való. Szerintük a képeken azt lehet látni, hogy a kód a 2.4-es kernelfa /arch/ia64/sn/io/ate_utils.c filejának 88-102, és a 109-123 sorait tartalmazza.

A német nyelvű cikk itt.

Babelfish angol fordítás itt.

Napi SCO hírek - a GPL nem érvényes, a nagy cégek bíróság elé állhatnak..

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A SCO vasárnap kijelentette, hogy elkészítette az a listát, amelyen azok a nagyobb cégek szerepelnek, amelyek számos Linux szervert üzelmeltetnek. Emellett kijelentette, hogy képes ezeket a cégeket akár bíróság elé is citálni abban az esetben, ha azok nem vásárolják meg az általa kiadott UnixWare licencet.

Az Eweek cikke itt.A VNUnet pedig arról cikkezik, hogy a felhasználók és a cégek könnyen újrafordíthatják a Linux kernelt, úgy, hogy kihagyják azokat a modulokat, amelyeket a SCO kifogásol. Így megvédhetik magukat a SCO licencdíj követeléseivel szemben.

A VNUnet cikke itt.

Csütörtökön a SCO azt állította, hogy a GPL licenc nem érvényes. Erre a kijelentésre válaszolt ma Eben Moglen professzor (Kolumbia Egyetem Jogi kar).

A választ elolvashatod itt.

Az OSDL válasza a SCO perére - nincs ok a fizetésre

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Az Open Source Development Laboratory (OSDL) kiadott egy Q&A dokumentumot a SCO perrel kapcsolatban. A dokumentum célja az, hogy segítsen az IT döntéshozóknak megérteni a rizikóját annak, ha elutasítják a SCO igényeit a licenc vásárlással kapcsolatban.

168.276 sort adott az IBM a Linuxnak

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A SCO nem kevés forráskódot kér számon az IBM-en. 148 file, azaz köbb, mint 160 ezer sor forráskódot kifogásol a Linux kernelben.

A SCO ma kiadott egy sajtóhírt, amelyben bejelentette, hogy értesítette a Sequent Computer Systems-et, hogy végleg megszűnt a UNIX System V szerződésük. A Sequent Computer Systems az IBM tulajdonában van. A Sequent szerződése azért szűnt meg, mert az IBM UNIX kódot másolt a Linux kernelbe.

"... körülbelül 148 file-nyi Sequent UNIX kód került a Linux 2.4 és 2.5 kernelekbe, amelyek 168,276 sor kódot tesznek ki.""Ez a Sequent kód kritikus NUMA és több processzoros (környezetben használt) RCU forráskódot jelent, amelynek a Linux korábban hiányát szenvedte. A Sequent-IBM ezen kívül számos jelentős UNIX-alapú fejlesztési metódussal is hozzájárult a Linuxhoz..."

A SCO sajtóbejelentése itt.

Napi SCO híradag

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A Wall Street Journal egyik cikke szerint a SCO azért nem fedi fel az összes (állítólag a) Linux kernelbe másolt Unix forráskódot, mert akkor a Linux fejlesztők azokat könnyen kicserélhetnék. Vagy csak tudja a SCO azt, hogy ha lefedné a lapjait, akkor az emberek markukba nevetve felállnának az asztaltól ahelyett, hogy fizetnének?

A Wall Street Journal cikke itt.

A The Tribune cikke arra keresi a választ, hogy a SCO miért kezdte értékesíteni a részvényeit 4 nappal azután, miután 2003. március elején beperelte az IBM-et. Azért érdekes ez, mert a SCO belső emberei egyetlen részvényt sem adtak el a per megelőző egy évben.

A The Tribune cikke itt.A VNunet cikke szerint a SuSE az egyik legnagyobb riválisa - a Red Hat - mögé sorakozik fel a SCO elleni közdelemben. A SuSE egy hivatalos állásfpglalásban azt mondta, hogy megtapsolja a Red Hat azon erőfeszítéseit, amelyek arra irányulnak, hogy meggátolják a SCO FUD-ját.

A VNunet cikke itt.

A Weta Digital és a Massey Egyetem nemet mond a SCO-nak. A Weta Digital és a Massey Egyetem komoly számlát lenne kénytelen kifizetni, ha a SCO által kitalált licencelést követné. A Massey Egyetem Helix szuperszámítógépe egy 128 CPU-t tartalmazó Beowulf klaszter, amelyre a kedvezményes licenceléssel is 97.875 amerokai dollár lenne a jogdíj. Nagyobb bajban lenne a Weta Digital akinek több, mint 2000 CPU-ból álló linuxos render farmja van. Nem igazán akarják kifizetni a 1.149.000-1.500.000 USD-t a SCO-nak.

A ComputerWorld cikke itt.

A SCO első Linux licence

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A SCO Group eladta az első Linux licencét (Intellectual Property Compliance License for SCO UNIX Rights).A SCO ezt egy sajtóbejelentésben hozta nyilvánoosságra. A felhasználó - aki a licencet megvásárolta - egy Fortune 500 cég, akinek a nevét egyelőre nem hozták nyilvánosságra.



A sajtóbejelentés itt.

Az FSF elítéli a SCO-t a GCC 3.3.1 kiadásban

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A GCC csapat bojkottálja a SCO-t?

A pár nappal ezelőtt megjelent a GCC 3.3.1-es kiadása, amely tartalmaz egy nem szokványos `README.SCO' filet. A fileban utalást találhatunk a SCO Linux elleni támadására. A filet Richard Stallman és Eben Moglen íta, amelyben az FSF álláspontját adják közre az SCO-val kapcsolatban.Felvetődött a lehetősége annak is, hogy a GCC-ből eltávolítják a SCO UNIX platform támogatást. Ezzel is jelezve nemtetszésüket az iránt, hogy a SCO fenyegeti a szabad szoftveres közösséget.

Bővebben Mark Mitchell levelében.

A SCO Linux licence

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Az alábbiakban elolvashatod a SCO módosítatlan licencének egyszerű szöveges verzióját:THE SCO GROUP, INC.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

COMPLIANCE LICENSE FOR LINUX

This Intellectual Property Compliance License Agreement for Linux

("Agreement") is made and entered into on the date last executed by and

between The SCO Group, Inc., for itself or its Subsidiaries

(collectively referred to herein as ("SCO"), a corporation of the State

of Delaware, with its place of business at 355 South 520 West, Suite

100, Lindon, Utah 84042, U.S.A., and __________________ ("Company"), a

corporation of the State of ___________________, with its place of

business at ______________________________________.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, SCO is a licensor, manufacturer and distributor of SCO software

and related products and materials, and

WHEREAS, SCO wishes to grant and Company wishes to accept certain

limited rights to use certain SCO software programs, which rights

Company wishes to accept;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises made herein it

is agreed as follows:

1.0 DEFINITIONS

1.1 "Code" shall mean computer programming instructions.

1.2 "CPU " shall mean a single physical computer processor.

1.3 "General Purpose Computer System" means a commercially available

system which is intended to be reprogrammable by the end user and is

either (i) intended for primary use as a general purpose business

computer, a personal computer, or a scientific/technical workstation; or

(ii) part of a network configuration whose primary purpose is for

executing general application programs supporting general business,

personal, or scientific/technical activities.

1.4 "Linux Desktop System" means a single user computer workstation

controlled by a single instance of the Linux Operating System. It may

provide personal productivity applications, web browsers and other

client interfaces (e.g., mail, calendering, instant messaging, etc). It

may not host services for clients on other systems.

1.5 "Linux Operating System" shall mean an operating system

distributed under the name Linux or a derivative thereof.

1.6 "Linux Point of Sale/Embedded System" means a computer system,

controlled by a single instance of the Linux Operating System, that can

not be used as a General Purpose Computer System and, as such, is (1)

restricted in normal use to the execution of a predefined set of

special purpose applications, and (2) does not allow an end user,

directly or indirectly, to (i) add or run general purpose application

software; (ii) add or administer users; or (iii) provide system

administration functions other than diagnostics and maintenance.

1.7 "Linux System" shall mean a computer system, containing the

licensed CPUs, controlled by a single instance of the Linux Operating

System.

1.8 "Object Code" shall mean the Code that results when Source Code

is processed by a software compiler and is directly executable by a

computer.

1.9 "SCO Product" shall mean the SCO intellectual property in Object

Code format included in any or all of the following: (i) the Software,

(ii) the Updates and (iv) any copy of the Software or Updates; to the

extent made available to You.

1.10 "Software" shall mean the Linux Operating System in Object Code

format.

1.11 "Source Code" shall mean the human-readable form of the Code and

related system documentation, including all comments and any procedural

language.

1.12 "Update" shall mean the updates or revisions in Object Code

format of the Software that You may receive.

2.0 GRANT OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

SCO MAKES NO GRANT OF RIGHTS OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO ANY SOFTWARE

OTHER THAN THE SCO PRODUCT COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

THIS AGREEMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY RIGHTS TO ACCESS, USE, MODIFY OR

DISTRIBUTE ANY SCO SOURCE CODE IN ANY FORM UNDER ANY LICENSING

ARRANGEMENT.

2.1 Provided Company complies fully with this Grant of Rights and

Obligations, SCO will not consider such use of the SCO Product licensed

by Company under this Agreement to be in violation of SCO's intellectual

property ownership or rights.

2.2 This Agreement does not grant a right to receive any

distribution of software from SCO. SCO grants Company a limited and

non-exclusive right to SCO Product under the terms and conditions of

this Agreement. Company acknowledges that it is not granted any other

right except for the rights specifically set forth herein.

2.3 Provided Company provides the Linux System information and pays

SCO the applicable right-to-use license fees required as included

Section 1 of Exhibit A to this Agreement, SCO grants Company the right

to use all, or portions of, the SCO Product only as necessary to use the

Linux Operating System on each Linux System for which the appropriate

CPUs have been licensed from SCO. Company must take reasonable means to

assure that the number of CPUs does not exceed the permitted number of

CPUs. Such right is granted to use the SCO Product in conjunction with

the Linux Operating System solely in Object Code format.

3.0 ORDERS, PRICE AND PAYMENT

3.1 Company's initial order for the right-to-use licenses, including

Linux System details and License Fees, is included in Exhibit A of this

Agreement. SCO shall invoice Company, at the time of execution of this

Agreement, pursuant to the information contained in Section 2 of Exhibit

A.

Caldera shall have the right to increase any list price on thirty (30)

days prior written notice.

3.2 Should Company require to add additional right-to-use licenses

for Linux Systems or additional CPUs, Company shall submit a purchase

order to, and subject to acceptance by, SCO's Sales Administration

Department located at SCO's Santa Cruz, California facility. Such

purchase orders shall state the Linux System details and License Fees

included in Exhibit A of this Agreement and shall reference and bind

Company to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

3.3 License Fees are exclusive of all applicable taxes. Company

agrees to pay all taxes associated with right-to-use licenses ordered

under this Agreement, including but not limited to sales, use, excise,

added value and similar taxes and all customs, duties or governmental

impositions, but excluding taxes on SCO's net income.

3.4 Payments for shall be due and payable thirty (30) days from

date of invoice. SCO may charge Company interest at the rate of 1 1/2

percent per month, or such maximum rate as may be permitted by law,

whichever shall be less, with respect to any sum that is not paid when

due.

3.5 Company shall make all payments in United States Dollars.

4.0 RECORD KEEPING AND AUDIT

4.1 Company shall keep full, clear and accurate records with respect

to Linux Systems and the number of licensed CPUs per Linux Systems.

Such records shall contain all information necessary to determine

exactly all fees due hereunder. Company shall provide to SCO, upon

request by SCO, reports with such records including the number of copies

of made by Company.

4.2 SCO may cause an audit to be made at its expense (except as

provided herein) of the applicable records to verify statements rendered

hereunder, and prompt adjustment shall be made by the proper party to

compensate for any errors or omissions disclosed by such audit. Any

such audit shall be conducted during regular business hours at Company's

offices and in such a manner as not to interfere with Company's normal

business activities. In the event that an audit discloses an

underpayment by Company to SCO of the greater of five percent (5%) or

the equivalent of Five Thousand United States Dollars ($5,000), then

Company agrees to bear the cost of the audit.

4.3 Upon written request, SCO agrees to make available to Company,

in the event that SCO makes any claim with respect to such audit, its

records and reports pertaining to the audit and any such records and

reports prepared for SCO by third parties.

5.0 TERM OF AGREEMENT; OBLIGATIONS UPON TERMINATION

This Agreement shall remain in effect until terminated as set forth

herein. Company may terminate this Agreement, without right to refund,

by notifying SCO of such termination. SCO may terminate this Agreement,

upon reasonable notice and without judicial or administrative

resolution, if Company or any of Company's employees or consultants

breach any term or condition hereof.

Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, all rights

granted to Company hereunder will cease.

6.0 PROPRIETARY NATURE OF SCO PRODUCTS AND OWNERSHIP

6.1 No title to or ownership of the SCO Product is transferred to

Company. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the

contrary, Company acknowledges that SCO, owns and retains all title and

ownership of all intellectual property rights in the SCO Products.

6.2 SCO Products and related materials, and all copyrights, patent,

trade secret and other intellectual and proprietary rights therein, are

and remain the valuable property of SCO and its suppliers. Company

shall not reverse engineer or decompile, translate, create derivative

works or modify any of the SCO Product. If Company wishes to exercise

any rights under Article 6.1b of the EC Directive on the Legal

Protection of Computer Software (Directive 91/250), Company shall, in

the first instance, write to SCO's Legal Department at the address

above.

7.0 LIMITATION OF WARRANTY

SCO MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WITH RESPECT TO ANY SOFTWARE OTHER THAN THE SCO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEFINED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

SCO WARRANTS THAT IT IS EMPOWERED TO GRANT THE RIGHTS GRANTED HEREIN.

SCO DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTION CONTAINED IN SCO PRODUCT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT ITS OPERATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.

ALL WARRANTIES, TERMS, CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS, INDEMNITIES AND GUARANTEES WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY LAW, CUSTOM, PRIOR ORAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENTS BY ANY PARTY OR OTHERWISE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF

NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS) ARE HEREBY OVERRIDDEN, EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED. SOME STATES OR COUNTRIES DO NOT

ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE OR COUNTRY TO COUNTRY.

8.0 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL SCO OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES,

WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE, BASED ON YOUR CLAIMS OR THOSE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLAIMS FOR LOSS OF DATA,

GOODWILL, PROFITS, USE OF MONEY OR USE OF THE SCO PRODUCTS, INTERRUPTION IN USE OR AVAILABILITY OF DATA, STOPPAGE OF OTHER WORK OR IMPAIRMENT OF

OTHER ASSETS), ARISING OUT OF BREACH OR FAILURE OF EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT, MISREPRESENTATION, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY IN TORT OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT ONLY IN THE CASE OF PERSONAL INJURY WHERE AND TO THE EXTENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW REQUIRES SUCH LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY WHICH SCO MAY INCUR

IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO SCO FOR THE LICENSE OF THE SCO PRODUCT THAT DIRECTLY CAUSED THE DAMAGE.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE

LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

9.0 MISCELLANEOUS

9.1 Neither party shall be liable for any delay or failure in its

performance hereunder due to any cause beyond its control provided,

however, that this provision shall not be construed to relieve Company

of its obligation to make any payments pursuant to this Agreement.

9.2 Company may not assign, sublicense, rent, lend, lease, pledge or

otherwise transfer or encumber the SCO Products, this Agreement or any

of the individual licenses granted under it or Company's rights or

obligations hereunder.

9.3 All notices and requests in connection with this Agreement may

be sent or delivered to the addresses above by hand, by certified mail

return receipt requested, by fax, or by courier.

9.4 Support and maintenance are not available under this agreement.

9.5 This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced

in accordance with, the laws of the State of Utah and the United States

of America, specifically excluding the United Nations Convention on

Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, and without giving effect

to conflict of laws. Any litigation or arbitration between the Parties

shall be conducted exclusively in the State of Utah.

Company expressly consents to the jurisdiction of such courts. Process

may be served by U.S. mail, postage prepaid, certified or registered,

return receipt requested, by express courier such as DHL or Federal

Express, or by such other method as is authorized by law. Nothing in

this Section will prevent SCO from seeking injunctive relief against

Company or filing legal actions for payment of outstanding and past due

debts in the courts.

9.6 If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held

to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and

enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be

affected or impaired thereby. The Parties will seek in good faith to

agree on replacing an invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision with

a valid, legal, and enforceable provision that, in effect, will, from an

economic viewpoint, most nearly and fairly approach the effect of the

invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision.

9.7 This shall be the only agreement between the Company and SCO

with respect to the subject matter herein and shall not be modified

unless a written amendment has been signed by one of SCO's and Company's

officers.

9.8 This Agreement is signed by Company on behalf of all the

employees and agents entitled by Company to use of . Company undertakes

to make all users of aware of their responsibilities under this

Agreement. This Agreement supercede all prior agreements between SCO

and Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement,

effective as of the last date properly executed by both parties. All

signed copies of this Agreement shall be deemed originals.


THE SCO GROUP, INC. ___________________________________

By: By:

Name: Name:

Title: Title:

Date: Date: