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SCO readies lawsuit against 'recognised name'
News The SCO Group plans to expand its Linux legal attack on Tuesday by filing a lawsuit against a large company using the open-source operating system. SCO chief executive Darl McBride announced the plan on Monday at the Software 2004 conference, but...
[March 2, 2004, 7:40]
Red Hat has 'no grounds' for lawsuit, says SCO
News SCO rattled the technology world early this year by filing a $3bn (£1.87bn) lawsuit against IBM, claiming that the computing giant illegally incorporated into its Linux software source code from the Unix operating system, which SCO controls.
[September 16, 2003, 9:00]
How the SCO lawsuit will affect Linux adoption
News In early March, SCO Group filed a $1 billion lawsuit against IBM, accusing it of violating its Unix license. The most obvious question is, "How did SCO Group get the footing to file such a lawsuit anyway?
[April 15, 2003, 9:37]
SCO readies lawsuit against 'recognised name'
Talkback SCO are due to make an earnings announcement tomorrow. This is a blatant attempt to distract attention from it.
[March 2, 2004, 12:12]
SCO readies lawsuit against 'recognised name'
Talkback I do not understand why SCO are not liable for Libel, Slander or Other Mischief, in law, until and/or unless their claims are proved in court. They should be restrained, in the meantime by the Courts from any action in pursuit of that which has...
[March 4, 2004, 0:35]
Red Hat has 'no grounds' for lawsuit, says SCO
Talkback Yawwwn. Let the games begin. I am getting tired of this posturing game. From street-level I get the impression that software companies have traded vapour-ware for hotair-ware. This can't be doing anyone any good.
[September 16, 2003, 13:09]
McBride outlines SCO's lawsuit strategy
News Click on this link to view the video.
[March 3, 2004, 13:50]
Red Hat has 'no grounds' for lawsuit, says SCO
Talkback Well, it seems the only way any zdnet outlet is going to cover THIS story is to inject it into comments about related stories. Ordinary, everyday users of linux have put together their own response to Darl's "Open Letter" at : http://www.groklaw...
[September 24, 2003, 11:59]
SCO reschedules lawsuit revelation
News The SCO Group plans to begin legal action against Linux users on Tuesday -- probably two separate companies -- but an announcement of the names won't come until Wednesday, the company said. SCO chief executive Darl McBride said on Monday that the...
[March 3, 2004, 7:20]
SCO's lawsuit against IBM hits next stage
News Click here to view the video.
[August 4, 2003, 13:00]
SCO Linux lawsuits could hit users this year
Talkback SCO lawsuit because they claim that the issue of copyright violation is already addressed in the SCO vs. IBM lawsuit and here we have Mr Blepp claiming the exact opposite. Funny how SCO takes two positions at the same time.
[November 27, 2003, 12:03]
SCO target asks for suit to be dismissed
News DaimlerChrysler has asked a judge to dismiss the SCO Group's lawsuit against the company, one of several high-profile cases that have entangled Linux in SCO's intellectual-property claims over Unix. In a March lawsuit, SCO charged DaimlerChrysler...
[April 30, 2004, 9:45]
SCO files suit in Linux-using court
News The Nevada court where SCO Group has filed a lawsuit against US retailer AutoZone could itself theoretically be subject to legal proceedings because the court is using Linux to run its Web site. SCO's lawsuit, filed in the same court, requests...
[March 3, 2004, 16:55]
SCO site suffers DDoS outage
News An avalanche of data blocked access to the SCO Group's Web site for several hours on Friday, said the company, which has come under fire from Linux fans for an ongoing lawsuit against IBM. Stowell said SCO had no indication who was behind the...
[May 6, 2003, 7:46]
SCO Group unveils Linux for Itanium
News SCO Group, which gained notoriety for a Linux-related lawsuit it filed against IBM last month, released a version of Linux for Intel's Itanium processor family on Tuesday. But IBM abandoned Project Monterey in favour of Linux, a move that...
[April 16, 2003, 7:39]
Open-source experts deride SCO's 'evidence'
News SCO's display of code it alleges was copied into the Linux kernel by IBM -- a piece of evidence critical to its US$3bn lawsuit against Big Blue -- has come under fire from Linus Torvalds and Linux advocates who claim the code shown was...
[August 20, 2003, 9:00]
Linux developers warned to watch their backs
News In the wake of the ongoing SCO lawsuit, open-source developers must take steps to ensure they don't become the victims of further legal action. In a presentation at Linux.conf.au 2004 in Adelaide, specialist Australian IT lawyer Jeremy Malcolm said...
[January 15, 2004, 8:40]
SCO wants to undermine Linux foundation
News In its lawsuit against IBM, the SCO Group has begun a direct challenge to the General Public Licence -- the legal foundation for Linux, numerous other open-source programming projects and software that SCO still ships today.
[October 29, 2003, 7:50]
IBM adopts fighting talk over SCO Unix suit
News IBM began hitting back on Friday against a SCO Group lawsuit that charges it with misappropriating Unix trade secrets and using them in Linux. We have a perpetual licence rather than per copy licence for HP-UX.We don't believe we have any exposure...
[March 10, 2003, 8:21]
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. A survey of roughly 400 software developers completed by...
[August 5, 2003, 8:35]
