SCO eases anxiety for Linux customers

by Larry Greenemeier on Jun 24, 2003

The company has issued a letter stating that SCO Linux customers aren't liable for any actions SCO Group takes against the Linux community.

A lot of Linux users are keeping a watchful eye on SCO Group's lawsuit against IBM and wondering what it means for them. For many Linux users, that question may not be answerable in the immediate future.

SCO Group's allegations that IBM violated its Unix licensing by feeding Unix source code to the Linux community could threaten companies that have gotten comfortable with the open-source operating system.

But SCO customers don't have to worry. SCO Group has assured its Linux customers that any company that's paying for Linux software and services from SCO Group is already paying for SCO's intellectual property.

Indeed, SCO Group issued a letter, which was posted on its Web site and sent to many of its customers, stating that SCO Linux customers are not liable for any actions SCO Group takes against the Linux community. The same can't be said for Linux purchased from other vendors, a SCO Group spokesman says.

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