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  • Linux community scoffs at SCO's evidence

    As pictures of contested Linux code made their way around the Web, open-source enthusiasts scoffed at claims by The SCO Group that the code shows it has legal rights over parts of the popular operating system.

  • SCO to Novell: See you in court

    SCO Group executives said Friday that the company's copyright dispute with Novell doesn't affect its legal campaign against Linux, but the issue may result in a lawsuit, anyway.

  • Google aligns itself with open-source patent group

    Google has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN) which will see it agree to cross-license open- source-related patents to other members free of charge.

  • Red Hat scathing over MS/Novell deal

    Red Hat moved quickly on Friday to pour cold water on Microsoft's partnership with Novell.

  • Novell may challenge SCO Linux claims

    Novell, the second in the chain of four companies to own rights to the Unix operating system, is expected to challenge rights infringement claims that the current owner of those rights, SCO Group, is making against Linux.

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Features and Case Studies (3)

  • Novell's Linux makeover

    CEO Jack Messman says Novell used to have trouble getting noticed. A little penguin changed all that. Meanwhile, he maps out how the company is gaining on Red Hat.

  • SCO fees may hit some Linux users

    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 who have moved from its products to Linux.

  • Did SCO open Unix source code?

    Several organisations argue that SCO'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.

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