Guest LilBambi Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 SCO Backs Off in Germany - Out-of-Court Settlement with Univention ReportedWe have news from Germany. It seems, according to Computerwoche, that SCO Group GmbH (SCO's German branch) agreed, on February 18, 2004, to an out-of-court settlement between it and Univention and will refrain from saying in Germany some things it says in the US constantly. There are four things they have agreed not to say in Germany, on pain of a fine of €10,000 euros per offense -- that's about $12,500 USD -- and one thing they can't say unless they present proof within a month of the settlement date.Original text and link to German site listed at Groklaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhbell Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 SCO Backs Off in Germany - Out-of-Court Settlement with Univention Reported We have news from Germany. It seems, according to Computerwoche, that SCO Group GmbH (SCO's German branch) agreed, on February 18, 2004, to an out-of-court settlement between it and Univention and will refrain from saying in Germany some things it says in the US constantly. There are four things they have agreed not to say in Germany, on pain of a fine of €10,000 euros per offense -- that's about $12,500 USD -- and one thing they can't say unless they present proof within a month of the settlement date.Original text and link to German site listed at Groklaw. Thanks for the link Fran. I must have missed it earlier today as I have been following this very close..Mel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Just got the link in tonight's OSDN newsletter so I don't know how long it's been out. Groklaw wanted to be sure before on a point or two before they posted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 LOL . . . . Oh noooo . . Does this mean there is a chance that all this SCO rambling will soon end ? . . And all the poor lawyers . . . they will be breadless and suffer starvation ? And we will have nothing left to make jokes about ?? Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 BrunoWe can only hope. If ever there was a subject I am tired of, this one is it. It is time for the roller coaster to stop. Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Don't think so Bruno SFNL Forum Topic: SCO Madness continuesLooks like the US could take some lessons from Germany ;)Julia, you are so right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxdude32 Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 This last part is hilarious: 4) Finally SCO Group GmbH is prohibited to threaten to sue Linux users unless they bought SCO Linux or Caldera Linux.Is there anyway the courts can make them do this? Kind of like a snake eating itself? :'( (note: Caldera is the parent company of SCO) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhbell Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 This last part is hilarious:4) Finally SCO Group GmbH is prohibited to threaten to sue Linux users unless they bought SCO Linux or Caldera Linux.Is there anyway the courts can make them do this? Kind of like a snake eating itself? (note: Caldera is the parent company of SCO) Kind of like the RIAA sueing their customers. Mel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodef Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 It continues to look more and more like this is nothing but a publicity stunt. It's been a year since SCO filed the first of those lawsuits, against IBM on March 6, 2003. By one measure, SCO's legal action has been a ripping success, driving the company stock price from $2.26 per share on March 5, 2003 to close at $12.27 per share yesterday, March 1, 2004.however thus far that seems to be the only gain they have made:SCO has by no means demonstrated that it does, in fact, own significant intellectual property in Linux. Linux advocates have cast significant doubts on SCO's claims that Linux code comes from SCO-owned Unix; each time SCO cites an example, Linux advocates make credible arguments that the code comes from other software that SCO does not own.SCO has yet to win a single significant court victory - indeed, it's suffered a couple of setbacks, most notably in Germany, where the company has been forbidden from seeking to collect payments from users, or advertising ownership of Linux intellectual property, until it first proves its ownership in court.Here in America, SCO has been attempting to cash in on its lawsuit before winning, by selling licenses to users permitting those users to use Linux. But SCO hasn't had much luck with those sales; SCO on Monday announced the name of one company, EV1Servers.com, that picked up a license; the company is pretty much unknown and not likely to drum up much support among other users.And that points to SCO's biggest immediate problem; the company has, quite simply, failed to convince users that it has a case. Users are shrugging off the threat of a lawsuit; in a study released Friday, IDC found revenue from Linux servers increased 63.1 percent year-over-year, with unit shipments increasing 52.5 percent.SCO now says it plans to step up its legal action, filing a lawsuit on Wednesday against a well-known Linux user. Yet I can't see any way that action will make users take SCO seriously. At this point, SCO needs a significant win in court, and it needs that win soon, or it'll see itself dismissed as a significant threat.The court system at the end of the day should penalise heavily anyone or company whose claims at the end of the day are found frivolous.The time and money wasted at the end of the day is astronomical.Full text of the above excerpts can be found at : SCO Jumps The Shark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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