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SCO sets up Linux-licence shop

Linux users can now order licences from the SCO Group online Read more

24 February, 2004 by David Becker

SCO dangles Linux-licence carrot

SCO is hoping Linux users would rather pay up than face the prospect of protracted litigation Read more

22 July, 2003 by Lisa M.Bowman and Stephen Shankland

...Failing' SCO sees Linux licence revenue plunge

Income from SCO Source: $32,000. Legal bills: $3m Read more

9 September, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Computer Associates buys SCO's Linux licence

SCO has signed up another three companies, including Computer Associates, to licences for the intellectual property it claims in Linux Read more

5 March, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

SCO to attack validity of Linux licence

SCO's strategy for its lawsuit against IBM could destroy the legal foundation of Linux and related software Read more

15 August, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

SCO sets steep charge for Linux licence

LinuxWorld: Businesses wanting to stay clear of SCO's legal threats will pay a high price Read more

6 August, 2003 by David Becker

SCO's Linux licence will create backlash

By targeting end users, SCO is trying avoid a fight with Linux's largest supporters - but it seems to have missed one important detail Read more

25 July, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

SCO: Buy our 'Linux licence', wherever you are

...accusations and actions. SCO is trying to convince users to buy its Linux licence - at $699 per year per server processor and $199 per desktop... Read more

14 January, 2004 by Tony Hallett

SCO signs up first Linux licensee

...legality, SCO has convinced a Fortune 500 company to pay for a Linux licence Read more

12 August, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Open-source gurus slam SCO

Linus Torvalds has branded SCO's Linux licence-fee tactics 'extortionist Read more

1 August, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Stallman attacks Oyster's 'unethical' use of Linux

...by putting restrictions on the use of pens or chairs." Changing the Linux licence would not prevent online payments systems that record user data, Stallman... Read more

9 June, 2008 by Peter Judge
Red Hat scathing over MS/Novell deal

Red Hat scathing over MS/Novell deal

...Eben Moglen, the attorney for the Free Software Foundation, which oversees the Linux licence, told ZDNet UK's sister site News.com that the deal... Read more

3 November, 2006 by Graeme Wearden and Richard Thurston

Linux as a technology cost-saving strategy

...workstations and one license for all servers with Linux. Investment: Yes, a Linux licence (nominal) Tips:Start with "noncritical" application servers. Test Linux stability until... Read more

12 March, 2004 by Michael Sisco

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...being caught doing this are smaller than finding someone with a SCO Linux licence. The temptation to ladle ever more clever and non-standard equipment... Read more

27 February, 2004

SCO wants $5bn from IBM

...and Unix-derived products, presumably including Linux, after SCO terminated IBM's Linux licence. IBM's "post-termination actions have infringed, have induced infringement of... Read more

9 February, 2004 by David Becker

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