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Torvalds: What, me worry?
July 8, 2003
Linux creator Linus Torvalds sounds off on SCO Group's lawsuit against IBM, intellectual property in the open-source world and the future of the Linux operating system.
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The fear war against Linux
May 19, 2003
Open-source activist Bruce Perens uncovers the SCO-Microsoft connection behind a campaign to convince people that trade secrets of Unix have been copied into Linux.
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This week in Linux news
November 19, 2004
Sun to provide legal protection from patent-infringement suits to those using, developing open-source Solaris--a move to counter Linux.
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An open-source call to arms
June 3, 2004
Bruce Perens predicts the open-source software movement will soon be under widespread legal attack by proprietary software vendors.
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Editors' Picks: Is Linux at risk from a Microsoft patent blitz?
August 4, 2004
Forget the SCO Group. Consider the possibility of Microsoft using its arsenal of patents to curb the open-source software.
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IBM pledges no patent attacks against Linux
August 4, 2004
update Big Blue's book of patents won't be used to bludgeon the open-source software.
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Group: Linux potentially infringes 283 patents
August 2, 2004
Company that sells insurance against Linux-related intellectual-property litigation reports results of months-long review.
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HP memo: Microsoft planned open-source patent fight
July 20, 2004
Hewlett-Packard backs away from 2002 memo fearing its close ally was ready to sic lawyers on open-source software.
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Open-source honchos trash software patents
February 2, 2005
"Software patents are clearly a problem," Linux founder Linus Torvalds says at the OSDL Linux Summit.
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Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris
November 18, 2004
Plans to provide umbrella from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the OS--a move to counter Linux. Sun posts early Java 6 code Photos: Sun execs talk tech
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