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Australian companies trading on the name "Linux" may be exposed to trademark claims for the first time as early as next year if the nation's peak open source body gets its way.
The snowballing success of Linux has attracted involvement from all corners of the computing realm - but the breadth of that interest is expected to complicate a revision of the software's legal underpinnings.
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SCO Group Chief Executive Darl McBride said a published report that his company may take legal action against Linux founder Linus Torvalds was overstated.
Cheap shot or brilliant tactical move? Whichever the case, one can't help but question the timing of the SCO Group's latest legal wrangle.
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Red Hat and Intel have settled a licensing hiccup that threatened to prevent the Linux company from contributing to Intel's open-source project--a reminder of the frictions that can arise between the commercial tech world and the open-source community.
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