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*nix related Lawsuit on non-commercial use of poular *nix OS

I am a non-commercial user of a popular *nix operating system.

Due

to all

the recent events surrounding the *nix related lawsuits I have

gotten concerned

about the possibilty of an end-user lawsuit. Their site says

''At this time, (company name) is focusing on the commercial

uses only.''

Saying ''At this time...'' I am worried that they could file a suit on

non-

commercial users anytime. The problem is that they won't allow

non-

commercial users to buy a license to use a popular *nix OS. I

have no choice

but to

allow myself to be sued. Is there anything I can do outside of

spending

thousands to rebuild my home computer network?


Asked on 9/26/03, 4:17 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Martin Snitow

Re: *nix related Lawsuit on non-commercial use of poular *nix OS

Don't worry. The SCO lawsuit is not targeting individual users. SCO's claims appear without any merit from what I've heard and read. IBM is defending vigorously and they have the best copyright lawyers around. Just relax.

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Answered on 10/03/03, 7:48 pm


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