Z:gnu-www-ja-questioning-sco--6f4574-Users of free software around/en

Users of free software around the world are being pressured to pay The SCO Group, formerly Caldera, on the basis that SCO has &ldquo;intellectual property&rdquo; claims against the Linux operating system kernel or other free software that require users to buy a &ldquo;license&rdquo; from SCO. Allegations apparently serious have been made in an essentially unserious way: by press release, unaccompanied by evidence that would permit serious judgment of the factual basis for the claims. Firms that make significant use of free software are trying to evaluate the factual and legal basis for the demand. Failure to come forward with evidence of any infringement of SCO's legal rights is suspicious in itself; SCO's public announcement of a decision to pursue users, rather than the authors or distributors of allegedly-infringing free software only increases doubts.