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  • SCO wanted to gag Torvalds

    Unix company was gathering information to support a court order to silence individuals related to its open-source legal case against IBM.

  • Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pacts

    Following some frosty responses to Microsoft's controversial patent deal with Novell last year, the software maker has begun a more aggressive attempt to persuade open-source software companies to license its know-how.

  • Open source group says no to SCO

    A leading free software group has vowed to fight portions of a request to release information that could help the SCO Group in its legal battle against Linux.

  • EU lawmakers threaten open source

    The European Commission has proposed a law that could allow criminal charges to be pressed against businesses using software that is believed to infringe upon another company's intellectual property (IP). Experts warn that the law could allow SCO to sue Linux users in a criminal court.

  • SCO takes Linux licensing overseas

    Companies outside the United States that use Linux now face the threat of legal action from the SCO Group, following the announcement Wednesday that SCO's licenses are available worldwide.

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  • An open-source call to arms

    Do you need open-source legal protection any more than you need meteor insurance? Don't dismiss the idea.

  • 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.

  • Getting a glimpse at SCO's evidence

    In a quiet Las Vegas conference room, the company offers customers, partners and the merely curious the chance to view controversial Linux code for themselves.

  • Red Hat: Who's afraid of SCO (or Novell)?

    In an interview with ZDNet Australia, a senior Red Hat executive talks about the threat of Novell, the company's expansion plans in Asia-Pacific, and life after Torvalds.

  • Is open source in deep trouble?

    No matter what the outcome of SCO's suit against IBM over open-source code, corporations will be wary of any open-source investments, especially those that could unwittingly bring new legal risks.

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