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SCO: Our code is in Linux
News Lines from Unix's source code have been copied into the heart of Linux, sometimes exactly and sometimes in a modified form designed to disguise their origin, SCO Group chief executive Darl McBride said Thursday.
[May 2, 2003, 7:22]
SCO 'must show more code' - judge
News A judge on Wednesday ordered both the SCO Group and IBM to reveal more information in their legal tangle over Linux and Unix, including the code that SCO believes infringes on its intellectual property.
[March 4, 2004, 7:15]
SCO may have SGI in crosshairs
News SCO Group, which has sued IBM for more than $3bn (£2m) for allegedly moving Unix code into Linux, may also have Silicon Graphics in its crosshairs. In its case, SCO says IBM's contracts permitted it to make modifications to Unix code it licensed...
[September 8, 2003, 9:00]
SCO suit fails to deter Linux use
News New research indicates that SCO Group's lawsuit over the use of Unix source code in the Linux operating system has not discouraged developers from implementing Linux-oriented software. SCO claims that its Unix code was illegally copied into Linux...
[August 5, 2003, 8:35]
Microsoft to license SCO Group Unix rights
News But SCO has recently alleged that parts of the Unix source code have been copied into Linux, and it is seeking fees from Linux users. In March, SCO sued IBM for $1bn, or about £650m, alleging that the company had used SCO's Unix code in Linux.
[May 19, 2003, 7:33]
SCO chief testifies: 'Linux is copy of Unix'
News Troubled software maker SCO's chief executive has claimed the Linux operating system includes Unix source code, during a court case in which Novell is suing SCO for royalties on Unix. SCO sued IBM in 2003, claiming that the IT giant had used...
[May 2, 2008, 17:12]
SCO engineer: No smoking gun found in Linux
News A 2002 email suggests that an investigation commissioned by The SCO Group failed to produce any evidence that Linux contained copyrighted Unix code. The project was a result of SCO's executive management refusing to believe that it was possible for...
[July 15, 2005, 9:10]
Novell challenges SCO's Linux claims
News In a letter to SCO released on Wednesday, Novell asserted that it retains Unix patents and copyrights, demanded that SCO reveal where Unix source code has been copied into Linux and raised its own threat of legal action to compensate for damage it...
[May 28, 2003, 7:48]
Open-source flaw threatens Microsoft
News A security flaw in open-source software used by Linux and Unix systems for compression may affect some Microsoft products that also use the code. The zlib library has been a fundamental open-source software component for almost a decade and can be...
[March 15, 2002, 8:57]
SCO bullish despite email revelations
News The SCO Group has slammed as "inaccurate" suggestions an email from one of its own engineers showed Linux did not contain copyright Unix code. At the end, we had found absolutely nothing ie [sic] no evidence of any copyright infringement whatsoever...
[July 15, 2005, 15:35]
Has not revealed by name.
Talkback However, with Linux being based on UNIX, and UNIX being around long before FUDCROSOFT, I would think that 'borrowed' code could be found in windoze rather than Linux. The FUDmaster has not named, and probably cannot name the supposed, offending code.
[September 19, 2007, 14:40]
SCO reveals Linux legal targets
News The software company alleges that AutoZone "violated SCO's Unix copyrights by running versions of the Linux operating system that contain code, structure, sequence and/or organisation from SCO's proprietary Unix System V code in violation of SCO's...
[March 3, 2004, 13:50]
Inside the Linux arcana
Talkback Even if Unix code owned by SCO were in the Linux kernel, SCO would have to identify it and it would be removed. SCO's rights to Unix which the author spends so much time tracing are irrelevant to the issue unless SCO copyrighted code is in the...
[March 19, 2004, 3:19]
Apple sets up Rendezvous with Windows, Linux
News Apple Computer has published updated source code to its Rendezvous network-configuration technology for use in Windows, Linux, Unix and Java applications. While Apple open-sourced the code to Rendezvous for the Mac OS X and the underlying Unix-like...
[July 1, 2004, 13:10]
IBM acts to throw out SCO's Linux claims
News SCO contends that IBM overstepped its bounds by freely distributing Linux software that reuses parts of the Unix code. The motion also cites analysis performed by computer scientist Randall Davis of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who...
[August 17, 2004, 9:00]
IBM launches Linux counterattack on SCO
News SCO Group, owner of the Unix intellectual property, contends that Unix code was illegally copied line by line into Linux and that companies such as IBM illegally transferred improvements made to Unix into Linux.
[July 28, 2003, 9:06]
SCO's legal gun takes aim at Linux
News The company sued IBM in March, saying it illegally contributed some of SCO's licensed Unix code to Linux. It was another Unix licensee that violated the terms of their licensing agreement. It was another Unix licensee that violated the terms of...
[August 22, 2003, 9:25]
Legal action shuts SCO Web site
News Lawyers representing LinuxTag, the German Linux group, told SCO on 23 May that the Lindon, Utah-based company was engaging in unfair competitive practices when it sent to 1,500 large companies letters that said using Linux could pose legal...
[June 4, 2003, 7:34]
SCO may target more hardware makers
News SCO shocked the technology industry in March by suing IBM, claiming major portions of the Linux software the Armonk, New York company distributes are based on Unix source code SCO controls. In particular, Sontag said that a "major" hardware vendor...
[June 16, 2003, 8:28]
SCO to attack validity of Linux licence
News The suit claims that IBM has committed trade-secret theft and breach of contract for allegedly copying proprietary Unix source code into its Linux-based products. SCO, owner of several key copyrights related to the Unix operating system, has been...
[August 15, 2003, 14:50]
