A legal expert affiliated with the Open Source Development Labs claims the SCO
Group cannot file a lawsuit against a Linux customer until its copyright dispute
with Novell is ironed out. In a paper today issued by the OSDL, Professor Eben
Moglen of Columbia University and the Free Software Foundation said customers
using Linux can rest easy and wait for a final decision as to whether SCO or
Novell owns the copyrights to Unix.And regardless of which company prevails in
court, he said, customers won't have to pay any company for a license fee since
both claimants--SCO and Novell--have distributed the Linux code under the GPL.

Source and complete coverage:
http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=47851
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5156522.html

-Tarun

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Scientist C
Forest Genetics & Tree Biotechnology
Arid Forest Research Institute
New Pali Road
Jodhpur 342005 India
Phone: +91-291-2722269 ext. 162
Home Page: www.afri.res.in/FGTB/TK/tk.htm
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