Speaking as part of a panel session at the Australian Unix Users Group (AUUG)
annual conference in Sydney yesterday, O?Shaughnessy faced a hostile audience,
including FreeBSD developer and AUUG president Greg Lehey.
At the event O'Shaughnessy was forced to admit the legal threat against Linux
users remained.
With the audience clearly fuming at what they were hearing, O?Shaughnessy pointed
out that the company?s legal pursuits are not targeted at end users, but did make
a reference to businesses that use Linux.
?There may be problems with commercial Linux users,? he said. ?The SCO licence
for Linux will be available in Australia and New Zealand within the next couple
of months.? O'Shaughnessy said that, despite popular belief, "it is our desire
to share information among interest groups".
?This IP battle is only one part of SCO?s business and is an add-on component.
The core of SCO?s business is profitable," he said.
O?Shaughnessy then proceeded to defend SCO?s actions by outlining why the company
is pursuing intellectual property claims.
?This is not a stock ?pumping? exercise, rather, SCO feels it has no choice [but]
to sue, having tried to resolve the IP issues without the use of litigation,?
he said. ?SCO owns the Unix operating system and we have found significant Unix
code in Linux.?
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