<s>
SCOsource	B-Application
is	O
a	O
business	O
division	O
of	O
The	O
SCO	O
Group	O
that	O
managed	O
its	O
(	O
now	O
legally	O
voided	O
)	O
Unix	B-Application
intellectual	O
property	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
SCOsource	B-Application
is	O
often	O
used	O
for	O
SCO	O
's	O
licensing	O
program	O
that	O
allowed	O
corporate	O
users	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
to	O
buy	O
licenses	O
to	O
proprietary	O
Unix	B-Application
technology	O
that	O
SCO	O
claimed	O
exists	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
single	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
license	O
costs	O
$699	O
(	O
USD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
SCO	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
intended	O
to	O
sell	O
binary-only	O
licences	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
free	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
which	O
would	O
remove	O
the	O
threat	O
of	O
litigation	O
from	O
licence-holders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
advocates	O
reacted	O
by	O
stating	O
that	O
SCO	O
had	O
no	O
basis	O
for	O
this	O
action	O
,	O
as	O
their	O
claims	O
were	O
still	O
disputed	O
in	O
court	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GPL	O
seemed	O
to	O
indicate	O
that	O
doing	O
this	O
may	O
cause	O
SCO	O
to	O
forfeit	O
their	O
rights	O
to	O
distribute	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
Linux-derived	O
code	O
in	O
any	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
letter	O
,	O
sent	O
on	O
February	O
4	O
,	O
2004	O
and	O
published	O
on	O
Groklaw	B-Application
on	O
February	O
10	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
Heise	O
revealed	O
that	O
Computer	O
Associates	O
bought	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
intellectual	O
property	O
license	O
from	O
SCO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CA	O
has	O
not	O
paid	O
SCO	O
any	O
Linux	B-Application
taxes	O
,	O
he	O
said	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drawing	O
up	O
short	O
of	O
calling	O
SCO	O
a	O
liar	O
,	O
Barrenechea	O
claims	O
that	O
SCO	O
has	O
twisted	O
a	O
$40	O
million	O
breach-of-contract	O
settlement	O
that	O
CA	O
paid	O
last	O
summer	O
to	O
the	O
Canopy	O
Group	O
,	O
SCO	O
's	O
biggest	O
stockholder	O
,	O
and	O
Center	O
7	O
,	O
another	O
Canopy	O
company	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
turned	O
it	O
into	O
a	O
purported	O
Linux	B-Application
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SCO	O
,	O
he	O
said	O
,	O
had	O
just	O
attached	O
a	O
transparent	O
Linux	B-Application
indemnification	O
to	O
all	O
UnixWare	O
licenses	O
and	O
that	O
is	O
how	O
SCO	O
comes	O
off	O
calling	O
CA	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
licensee	O
.	O
</s>
