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SCO press release says nothing about IBM description of SCO conduct; but instead attacks GPL as, in part, created by Free Software Foundation to supplant current US copyright laws. [PR Newswire]
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SCO Says IBM's Amended Complaint, Based on GPL, is Built on a Shaky Foundation
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LINDON, Utah, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc.
) today made the following announcement:
On Friday, September 26, IBM filed an amendment to its legal complaint
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Reports say SCO may have violated GNU General Public License, GPL; eWeek says parts of Linux kernel code were copied into Unix System V source tree by former or current SCO employees. [The Inquirer]
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The number of bugs in a chip is relatively proportional to the number of transistors - Bob Colwell, former Intel chief architect
Linux is only half the story
Says Microsoft peddles smut
People want less wasteful data centres
Extreme unlocking with AMD Overdrive
Jeff Bezos goes on hard sale
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According to Mark Heise of Boies, Schiller, and Flexner; SCO outside law firm, GNU GPL, by which Linux kernel and much other code is licensed, is invalid due to being preempted by US copyright law. Forum comments. [LWN: Linux Weekly News]
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[Posted August 20, 2003 by corbet]
It is time to have a look at some statements
by Mark Heise of Boies, Schiller, & Flexner - SCO's outside law firm -
which were initially reported in the Wall Street Journal and extensively
repeated thereafter. According to Mr. Heise, the General Public
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Samba team issued statement on SCO including Samba in its latest release of Unixware. Samba is distributed under GNU GPL. For SCO to keep using open source software when attacking others for such is hypocrisy. [The Inquirer]
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When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite - Winston Churchill
Linux is only half the story
Says Microsoft peddles smut
People want less wasteful data centres
Extreme unlocking with AMD Overdrive
Jeff Bezos goes on hard sale
CPU might have a use after all
Taiwanese outfit
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Some organizations argue SCO shipping a Linux product undermines its current attack on Linux intellectual property underpinnings; SCO says argument baseless; issue spotlights key tenet of GPL governing Linux kernel. [CNET News.com]
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Several groups argue that SCO Group's shipment of a Linux product undermines its attack on the OS's intellectual-property underpinnings, but SCO says the argument is baseless. A CNET article by Stephen Shankland, Staff Writer, CNET News. Published on June 11, 2003 5:56 PM PDT.
June 11, 2003 5:56 PM PDT
Did SCO open Unix source code?
Several organizations argue that SCO Group's shipment of a Linux product undermines its current attack on the operating system's intellectual-property underpinnings, but SCO says the argument is baseless.
SCO says proprietary source code