News (35)

  • 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.

  • GPL3 welcomed by IBM, Red Hat, Novell, MySQL

    Sixteen years after releasing GPL2, Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation launched GPL3 over the weekend.

  • Nokia: Linux kernel may use our patents

    Nokia said Wednesday its patented technology may be freely used in the Linux kernel, making the Finnish cell phone giant the newest computing company to begin offering intellectual property protections to open-source programmers.

  • Open-source leader: SCO suits a boon to Linux

    SCO's litigation over Linux was hugely unpopular, but there was a big upside, according to the chief executive of Open Source Development Labs.

  • SCO, IBM battle heats up

    Subpoenas are flying in the high-profile lawsuit between The SCO Group and IBM, as both companies try to buttress their legal claims by turning to third parties for information.

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Features and Case Studies (7)

  • SCO: Threat to Torvalds overstated

    SCO Group Chief Executive Darl McBride said a published report that his company may take legal action against Linux founder Linus Torvalds was overstated.

  • Linux licence overhaul -- don't hold your breath

    General Public License governing heart of popular open-source OS is being updated to deal with patents, other issues. But it'll be a struggle.

  • Time to ignore SCO?

    Linux users are safe even if the courts rule in favour of the SCO Group, says one technology law expert. Is it time for the IT industry to move on?

  • Sun poised to take open-source Solaris step

    Sun Microsystems is about to take the next step in its plan to refurbish the reputation of its Solaris operating system in the eyes of a small but crucial group: programmers.

  • Torvalds: What, me worry?

    In this interview Linux's creator, Linus Torvalds, sounds off on the SCO lawsuit, patents and the future of Linux.

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