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SCO-Linux copyright battle not damaging OSS adoption

IT consulting group, Robert Frances Group (http://www.rfgonline.com), reports the results of their survey of 15 companies (ed. note - not a huge sample) on Linux adoption, which indicates that the momentum to move to open source software has not been impacted by the legal fight. The article quotes Evan Bauer, a principal research fellow with Robert Frances Group.

“Many feel they are absolutely protected by the GPL [General Public License],” Bauer said, referring to the open source software license (also called GNU GPL) that details how the open source operating system software and its source code can be freely copied, distributed and modified.
The companies in the survey represented a cross-section of sectors such as manufacturing, retail, financial services, and universities.
Bauer, a former chief technology officer with CSFB who is active in securities industry technology working groups, said the companies were queried about their return on investment regarding Linux, and whether they felt legal issues might slow their deployment of Linux in their IT environments.

Source: Internetnews.com New Survey Finds No Linux ‘Chill’ From SCO Suit.