Subj : Linux, networking, etc.
To   : POINDEXTER FORTRAN
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Sat Jul 26 2025 11:10:19

>  SCO licensed UNIX (I think it was SYSV V4.3) from AT&T, and interpreted the
> license agreement as if it were a transfer of ownership. As SCO saw the their
> paid UNIX cash cow shrinking because of Linux, they looked to other ways to
> generate revenues.

> SCO believed that IBM contributed UNIX source code to linux. SCO then started
> shaking down Linux customers for a license fee and suing IBM, a company
> renowned for the number of attorneys they have on staff. Bad idea.

> Long after SCO shipped their last SCO UNIX package, they were tied up in
ourt
> until the company no longer existed.

Thanks.  I had forgotten a lot of the details, but knew they continued
their battle after they ceased doing business.

IIRC, the conspiracy theory back then was that the coporations involved may
have leaked UNIX source into open source on purpose in order to then "take
it down."  ;)


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