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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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3. SCO Does Neat U-turn on GPL

Reader email shows that SCO-Caldera changed their policy about GPL quickly, documents this with quote from SCO website: this material is provided AS-IS and at no charge. [The Inquirer]

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4. SCO to Argue General Public License Invalid

Today's Wall Street Journal quotes SCO outside lawyer Mark Heise saying GPL is preempted by US federal copyright law; GPL license lets software and work derived from it be copied by anyone at no charge. [The Inquirer]

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5. SCO's Own Pages Suggest GPL Knowledge

Reader letters with links and quotes from SCO website showing SCO use of GPL principles, with some insightful comments. [The Inquirer]

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6. SCO Defies Logic by Selling Samba under Invalid GPL

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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7. Linux Kernel Coder Puts SCO on Notice

SCO, pariah of IT industry, got what may be legally damaging return fire from German Linux kernel developer, an email presenting SCO with formal notice alleging GPL copyright infringement was sent the firm this weekend. [The Inquirer]

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8. SCO's Evidence Unveiled?

A German claims he has managed to look at SCO evidence about Linux, without needing to sign one of the very irritating non disclosure agreement (NDA) documents, via someone's mistake in a law office. [The Inquirer]

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9. Novell Accuses SCO of Extorting Money from Linux Community

SCO issued dual challenge by Novell today over who owns Unix System V and its intellectual property rights claims, confirming earlier Wall Street Journal story. [The Inquirer]

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10. Novell Will Challenge SCO over Unix Ownership