[wplug] SCO Preparing Legal Action Against Customer

[Jason Sopko]

begin  Teodorski, Chris wrote:
> Oh boy, here we go!

The best part is how SCO is challenging the validity of the GPL on the 
basis that you're only allowed to make one copy of the software for 
archival purposes, based on the Copyright Act. However, the Copyright 
Act doesn't set limitations on what the copyright holder can do, so it's 
a baseless claim. If it were true the whole OEM model for software 
vendors would be invalid, since companies like Microsoft give a copy of 
their software to hard disk manufacturers who in turn copy it onto their 
disks prior to distribution. I've got to admit, SCO is very good at 
sabre rattling and trying so spread FUD. But then again, their FUD team 
is funded by Microsoft, so it should have been expected.

///Jason