Linux aids Axis of Evil, SCO claims

SCO HAS WRITTEN a letter to politicos in Washington DC which alleges that Linux threatens the US economy, technological innovation, its grip over the global software industry and last, but surely not least, "our national security".

The firm claims that Open Source Software - a community of volunteers and "abetted by the efforts of several major computing companies" has two serious problems.

Some believe, says Darl McBride, for it is he who has taken pen to paper, that the GNU General Public Licence is in direct contradiction to US copyright law, and to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

But Open Source software, says Darl, "has the potential to provide our nation's enemies or potential enemies with computing capabilities that are restricted by law".

SCO can't sell its stuff to North Korea, Libya, Iran, Sudan and several other nations.

He said: "Someone could build a supercomputer for military applications... but a computer expert in North Korea who has a number of computers... could, in short order, build a virtual supercomputer".

McBride doesn't mention communist China, which as we know has a heap of US and other technology.

The letter is here. µ