A bunch of updates I’ve been meaning to post.
CNet is reporting that the SCO Group is backing off plans to send invoices to corporate users in an effort to generate more takers of their Linux licensing plan. A spokesman said SCO executives were happy with current progress in the licensing program, and didn’t feel they needed to send out invoices yet. SCO also extended the ‘introductory’ licensing price to the end of October, at which point the amount they are asking will double.
US federal prosecutors have admitted that an error was made in prosecuting Bret McDanel under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. McDanel discovered a security vulnerability on his former employer’s server, and seeing that little efforts were put into repairing it, sent out e-mails to the customers of Tornado Development Inc. After the prosecution revised the court materials, they admitted there was no proof that McDanel intended to impair the system’s integrity.
After spending 16 months in jail, I am sure McDanel is happy to hear that the government made a mistake.
Remember this story? Well it seems that faced with negative publicity SunnComm has decided not to sue the grad student who figured out that their copy protection could be bypassed by pressing the shift key.