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Red Hat and SuSE Dismiss SCO's Linux Copyright Claims.
By Matthew Aslett
Linux distributors Red Hat Inc and SuSE Linux AG have dismissed SCO Group Inc's copyright claims against Linux, and see no need for Linux users to license SCO's UnixWare under its new copyright enforcement plan.
Having registered the copyrights for Unix and claimed that Linux users are deploying code that infringes on that copyright, Lindon, Utah-based SCO appears to believe that it has proved its previous allegations that Linux contains code copied from Unix System V. "Today we confirm that fact," said CEO Darl McBride in a conference call on Monday.
Nuremberg, Germany-based SuSE has a different take on the matter, however. "As far as we are concerned we're still waiting for SCO to come out with some facts instead of threats," said SuSE's VP of corporate communications, Joe Eckert. "They still haven't proven that their copyright is in Linux."
Eckert also repeated SuSE's previous statement that it, and its customers, are protected from litigation by cross-licensing agreements between SuSE and SCO that were signed in the formation of the UnitedLinux initiative by the two parties, as well as Turbolinux Inc and Conectiva SA.
"The claims are unsubstantiated," added Raleigh, North Carolina-based Red Hat in a letter to its customers and partners. "We are not party to any lawsuit over Unix code. No one has established publicly or in court that any Unix code has been infringed."
The company went on to maintain that there is no requirement for Linux users to license SCO's UnixWare code. "SCO has not demonstrated that any infringement exists, nor has it established that it owns derivative works in Unix. Nothing has been proven to establish that such a license is needed."
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