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OSDL hires lawyer, opens China office
August 27, 2004
The lab home of Linux founder Linus Torvalds hires an intellectual-property attorney and says hello to Beijing.
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GPL defenders say: See you in court
October 1, 2007
The Software Freedom Law Center files suit--and could roil the waters for more folks than just the single defendant.
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Open source on the move
April 23, 2004
roundup Linux backers gather in San Diego to talk up how the open-source operating system can continue its gains on the desktop.
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Judge accepts expanded SCO lawsuit
February 28, 2004
A judge OKs the SCO Group's changes to a lawsuit against IBM that now seeks $5 billion in damages for Big Blue's alleged moving of Unix intellectual property into Linux.
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Open-source luminaries spurn SCO
July 31, 2003
Linux development leader Linus Torvalds and Free Software Foundation attorney Eben Moglen reject SCO Group's argument that Linux users should pay license fees for using the OS.
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SCO suit now seeks $3 billion from IBM
June 17, 2003
SCO Group ups the ante in an amendment to its suit against IBM, seeking more than $3 billion in damages for alleged copying of proprietary Unix intellectual property into Linux.
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SCO still wants info from IBM
July 9, 2004
Linux foe seeks more documents, names Big Blue programmers and says what it wants from Torvalds.
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Year in review: Linux under attack
December 19, 2003
Lawsuits, threats and conspiracy theories swirled across the open-source landscape as the Linux operating system gained new converts.
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Open source: A nonproprietary world
September 13, 2003
Open-source software has underlying source code that may be freely seen, changed and redistributed--in sharp contrast with proprietary software from companies such as Microsoft or Oracle.
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Red Hat's case against SCO put on hold
April 7, 2004
A federal judge denies SCO's motion to throw out a suit brought by the Linux seller but put the case on hold, awaiting an outcome in a related case.
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SCO adds copyright claim to IBM suit
February 6, 2004
The company significantly widens its Unix and Linux lawsuit against IBM, adding a copyright infringement claim to the already complicated case, sources say.
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SCO opens new front in Linux war
December 23, 2003
SCO Group targets a new group in an effort to profit from what it says is illegal use of Unix intellectual property in Linux, but Novell claims it still holds copyrights.
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Attorney: More disclosure will end GPL case
April 23, 2004
Dutch company Sitecom can get itself out of legal hot water, if it releases all the necessary software to comply with the General Public License, an attorney says.
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SCO's next target: SGI?
September 5, 2003
SCO Group, which has sued IBM for more than $3 billion for allegedly moving Unix code into Linux, may also have Silicon Graphics in its crosshairs.
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SCO seeks to buttress case against Big Blue
July 16, 2004
Meanwhile, a judge temporarily stays the Unix company's legal campaign against AutoZone.
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SCO warns of IBM lawsuit risks
March 31, 2003
The company says its billion-dollar lawsuit alleging that IBM misappropriated trade secrets will be costly and could have other consequences.
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Judge slams SCO's lack of evidence against IBM
February 10, 2005
Federal judge criticizes "astonishing" lack of evidence but denies Big Blue's request to defang SCO's claims.
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SCO targets federal supercomputer users
March 19, 2004
The company sends letters threatening two Energy Department facilities with legal action for using Linux.
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GPL gains clout in German legal case
April 23, 2004
A German court lends some weight to the important open-source license, the legal foundation of Linux but an agreement that hasn't been interpreted by courts.
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Week in review: Copyright fights
January 23, 2004
The tech world keeps court dockets working overtime as the recording industry sues hundreds of people it can't name, the SCO Group gets tough with a rival, and Microsoft got a little too rough with...
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