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SCO Linux lawsuits could hit users this year
Talkback SCO's lawsuit against Linux users do have merit. Here is an article from LinuxWorld dated 8-2003, about a company called Aduva that created a program to eliminate SCO coding from Linux distributions. If there were no codes copied from System V Unix...
[January 2, 2004, 14:19]
SCO brings Linux licensing to Europe
News Companies outside the US that use Linux now face the threat of legal action from the SCO Group, following the announcement on Wednesday that SCO's licences are available worldwide. SCO's Linux licensing programme has proved controversial in the US...
[January 14, 2004, 12:00]
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. EV1Servers.net, a company that hosts Web sites for clients and a division of Everyones Internet...
[March 1, 2004, 16:20]
The Week in Review: SCO reloads Linux attack
News This week is likely to be remembered by many companies because of SCO Group, which broadened its attempts to increase its revenues from its Unix patents by implicating Linux -- both the companies that sell it, and potentially even the companies...
[May 23, 2003, 16:26]
SCO reveals Linux legal targets
News SCO Group is targetting lawsuits at auto parts retailer AutoZone and automaker DaimlerChrysler in its continuing legal battle over the Unix and Linux operating systems. The software company alleges that AutoZone "violated SCO's Unix copyrights by...
[March 3, 2004, 13:50]
SCO makes Linux grab for Microsoft e-mail
News The SCO Group announced new Linux software on Tuesday that lets small businesses set up servers for e-mail, calendars and contact list -- a product the company says will be less expensive than Microsoft's Exchange.
[January 22, 2003, 8:24]
SCO VS Linux
Talkback Even with M$ injecting money to help SCO stop Linux, it has failed. SCO was given the task of showing the offending code. I think SCO will continue to lose customers and money, assuming M$ keeps it's nose of the coffers.
[March 5, 2007, 12:34]
SCO's Linux licence will create backlash
News By targeting end users in its legal fight against Linux, SCO is making some very powerful enemies, and should expect a legal backlash, according to analyst firm Datamonitor. According to SCO, IBM broke copyright law by inserting some of SCO's...
[July 25, 2003, 14:08]
SCO dangles Linux-licence carrot
News SCO Group, a company that says Linux infringes on its Unix intellectual property, announced on Monday that it has been granted key Unix copyrights and will start a programme to let companies that run Linux avoid litigation by paying licensing fees.
[July 22, 2003, 7:51]
SCO sets up Linux-licence shop
Talkback So why buy any "Linux Licences" from SCO? SCO itself says that there is no IP infringement case to answer. Let's just wait and see who buys SCO when they are worth a pound! Novell says it has the copyright.
[February 24, 2004, 8:01]
SCO sets up Linux-licence shop
Talkback The SCO Group is effectively scamming Linux Users with a variation of the "Data Protection Scam" http://www.google.com/search? The SCO Greop has already effectively granted all downstream users of the right to use the Linux kernel under the terms...
[February 24, 2004, 8:05]
SuSE: SCO's anti-Linux attacks are 'curious'
News SuSE Linux has said it plans to continue honouring its commitments to Linux group UnitedLinux, despite allegations by SCO Group -- also a UnitedLinux founding member -- that Linux contains unauthorised intellectual property.
[May 15, 2003, 13:46]
SCO ponders hike in 'Linux IP' licence fees
News SCO has hinted that it may soon raise the cost of its intellectual property (IP) licences, which it says companies running Linux need to buy in order to avoid being sued. Many in the open-source community have been angered by SCO's ongoing claim...
[August 10, 2004, 11:25]
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. In the hearing, which concludes on Friday, SCO chief executive...
[May 2, 2008, 17:12]
SCO back-pedals on Linux invoice delivery
News The SCO Group has backed off a plan to send invoices to corporate users in order to prod them into buying licences for their use of Linux, an operating system the company argues violates its Unix intellectual property.
[October 16, 2003, 10:20]
SCO warns businesses over Linux liabilities
News SCO Group, a financially struggling company that claims its Unix intellectual property has been illegally incorporated into Linux, has sent letters to about 1,500 of the world's largest corporations warning they could be liable for using Linux.
[May 15, 2003, 7:28]
SCO receives funding to pursue Linux litigation
News Private-equity firm Stephen Norris & Co Capital Partners said on Thursday that it and unnamed Middle Eastern partners will fund SCO Group with up to $100m to take over the financially beleaguered Unix company, move it out of bankruptcy protection...
[February 15, 2008, 9:20]
SCO to attack validity of Linux licence
News SCO Group is planning to argue in its court battle against IBM that the General Public License (GPL) covering Linux and other open-source software is invalid, according to a report. IBM's defence will partly rest on the argument that SCO...
[August 15, 2003, 14:50]
SCO fined in Germany over Linux claims
Talkback SCO has been using FUD to scare off potential Linux adopters, the same as a rather large company located in Redmond. All talk and no proof, and these kinds of companies are in fear of the penguin. If you can't compete fairly then you try to remove...
[August 25, 2008, 13:53]
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]
