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SCO Sues IBM Over Unix, Linux
News SCO Group, inheritor of the intellectual property for the Unix operating system, has sued IBM for more than $1bn, or about £630m, alleging that Big Blue misappropriated SCO's Unix technology and built it into Linux.
[March 7, 2003, 7:33]
SCO Names Linux Licensee
News The SCO Group, which claims ownership to the Unix operating system, identified on Monday a company that has agreed to sign a licence to use Linux. SCO asserts that the Linux operating system infringes on its Unix intellectual property, a claim at...
[March 1, 2004, 16:20]
SCO Sets Up Linux-licence Shop
News Controversial software seller the SCO Group has launched an online-ordering site for companies that want to use the open-source Linux operating system with SCO's blessing. SCO rattled the technology world last year when it sued IBM, claiming that...
[February 24, 2004, 7:20]
SCO Web Site Attacked Again
News Hackers defaced SCO Group's Web site on Monday, targeting the company's controversial claims to elements of the Linux operating system. The latest assault was aimed at SCO's long-running campaign that seeks compensation from companies selling and...
[November 29, 2004, 16:00]
Lindows Keeps Quiet As SCO Battle Rages
News Lindows.com on Thursday sought to distance itself from the legal tumult that SCO Group has set in motion over the Linux operating system. Novell, which owns rights to some parts of the Unix operating system, on Wednesday challenged the legal basis...
[May 29, 2003, 14:44]
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 Sets Steep Charge For Linux Licence
News Software maker SCO Group fired back at Linux leader Red Hat on Tuesday and revealed steep licensing prices for Linux users who want to steer clear of the company's legal wrangle with the open-source operating system.
[August 6, 2003, 9:10]
Unix Copyrights Emerge From Shadows
News The SCO Group and Novell began publicly airing documents related to their dispute over Unix copyrights, which are important factors in SCO's claim to intellectual property rights for the Linux operating system.
[January 14, 2004, 8:55]
AutoZone Asks For Stay On SCO Case
News AutoZone has asked a court to put a hold on the SCO Group's Linux lawsuit against it -- a case that could have repercussions for any company using the open-source operating system. SCO sued AutoZone in March, arguing that the auto-parts retailer...
[April 28, 2004, 8:30]
Industry Nervous, Not Afraid Of SCO Suit
News Information technology managers are moving ahead with their Linux installation plans while nervously watching for the legal implications of SCO Group's infringement claims against the upstart operating system.
[May 27, 2003, 11:24]
SCO Puts Focus On Countertop
News The SCO Group, which recently changed its name from Caldera in a move which many saw as a desertion of the Linux operating system, is continuing development of Linux -- with a new focus on the countertop.
[October 3, 2002, 14:48]
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]
SCO Was The 'best Thing That Ever Happened' To Linux
News The multitude of law suits brought by SCO against companies selling and using Linux has been beneficial to the open source operating system, according to one of the most influential organisations in the Linux world.
[March 10, 2005, 9:45]
Open-source Gurus Slam SCO
News Two prominent figures in the open-source realm have rejected SCO Group's argument that Linux users should pay the company licence fees for using the operating system. SCO, owner of Unix copyrights and the company that licensed the operating system...
[August 1, 2003, 9:10]
Linux Users To Pay Fees, Says SCO
News SCO Group, the struggling company that holds the copyright to the Unix operating system, plans to boost its revenue by charging fees to some customers that have moved from its products to Linux. The company, which is seeking untapped revenue from...
[January 14, 2003, 14:48]
SCO Prepares To Send Invoices For Linux
News SCO argues that Linux contains intellectual property from Unix, an operating system to which SCO holds copyrights and which it licenses to companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems. The SCO Group is turning up the heat in its attempt...
[September 3, 2003, 8:50]
Microsoft's SCO Licensing Deal 'snubs Linux'
News Microsoft's licensing of rights to Unix technology from the SCO Group lends heavyweight backing to SCO's intellectual-property claims and helps Microsoft combat Linux, a growing marketplace threat to its operating system, analysts said.
[May 20, 2003, 7:24]
Red Hat Has 'no Grounds' For Lawsuit, Says SCO
News In a motion filed late on Monday in US District Court in Delaware, SCO argues that Red Hat has no grounds to sue SCO, as SCO's actions against the open-source Linux operating system have not specifically targeted Red Hat.
[September 16, 2003, 9:00]
Novell Offers Linux Protection, As SuSE Deal Completed
News Novell expects this week to begin offering SuSE Linux customers some legal protection for using the open-source operating system, marking the fourth legal umbrella provided by a computing industry grappling with legal threats brought by the SCO...
[January 13, 2004, 7:25]
SCO Suit Won't Stop Linux Use, Says OSDL
News Open Source Development Labs, one of the main groups promoting the business use of open-source software, published a position paper on Tuesday to address concerns among its members and users of the Linux operating system about SCO's legal campaign.
[February 10, 2004, 15:45]
