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SCO takes Linux licensing overseas

January 14, 2004 Companies outside the United States that use the open-source operating system now face the threat of legal action from the SCO Group, which is making licenses available worldwide. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., SCOsource, legal action, Caldera Systems Inc., license, Linux, intellectual property, lawsuit, threat, open source, U.S., IP, operating system

SCO may raise 'Linux' license fees

August 10, 2004 Threat of higher fees may now be the only way to prod more companies into buying SCO Group licenses. TAGS: SCOsource, SCO Group Inc., intellectual property, fee, license, Unix, Linux, IBM Corp.

SCO wins Linux licensee

August 11, 2003 The Unix copyright holder that's threatening Linux-using firms with legal action if they don't pay to run the open-source OS says an unnamed Fortune 500 company has signed on. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., licensee, Fortune 500 company, Unix, Linux, intellectual property, license, litigation, IBM Corp., payment, open source, server, operating system

Seeking 'certainty,' CEO signs SCO Linux license

March 2, 2004 The chief of Web site hosting company EV1Servers.net says it was important "to remove uncertainty and deliver stability and reliability to customers." But he also says the company is seeing some ne... TAGS: EV1Servers.net, SCO Group Inc., David Byer, SCO Linux, Unix, license, Linux, hosting company, Linux server, intellectual property, Novell Inc., IBM Corp., CEO, open source, server

New GPL draft has olive branches, thorns

March 29, 2007 Third draft of GPL version 3 eases some concerns, raises issues for Novell, and shows the Free Software Foundation is listening. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Linus Torvalds, draft, Novell Inc., Free Software Foundation, license, Linux, intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., leader, open source, HP

Computer Associates, others sign SCO licenses

March 5, 2004 The SCO Group confirms that three more companies--Computer Associates, Leggett & Platt, and Questar--have obtained its license for running Linux. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Computer Associates International Inc., SCOsource, license, Linux, litigation, lawsuit, intellectual property, open source, operating system, IBM Corp., server

Analysts mixed about SCO actions

July 25, 2003 Industry analysts vary in their advice about how Linux users should handle SCO Group's position that they must buy a Unix license or face the possibility of legal action. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Unix, Linux, legal action, claim, outsource, industry analyst, Illuminata Inc., intellectual property, IBM Corp., compensation, lawsuit, possibility, license

The Microsoft penalty that isn't

April 15, 2002 Open Source Initiative co-founder Bruce Perens writes that a proposed antitrust settlement contains a loophole Microsoft will use to escape challenge from its only viable competitor. TAGS: GPL, monopoly, license, penalty, open source, Linux, file-sharing, Microsoft Corp., intellectual property, Mozilla Corp., antitrust, LAN, Web browser, printer, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Sun open-source license could mean Solaris-Linux barrier

December 2, 2004 New license likely will be used to govern Solaris OS. But it may inhibit cross-pollination between Solaris and Linux. TAGS: Sun Solaris, GPL, Open Source Initiative, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., license, Linux, multiprocessor, intellectual property, Unix, operating system, IBM Corp., developer

Suit accuses MLB of online patent infringement

September 9, 2004 Major League Baseball's Web site unlawfully incorporates patented technology, according to the patents' owners. TAGS: patent, patent infringement, video search, suit, license, spokesman, lawsuit, intellectual property, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Linus Torvalds, Unix, Free Software Foundation, Linux, IBM Corp., Open Source Development Labs, license, work, attorney, code, intellectual property, open source, leader, operating system

SCO pulls second IBM Unix license

August 13, 2003 The company terminates a second IBM Unix license, the one that covers the discontinued Dynix/ptx operating system IBM obtained through its 1999 acquisition of Sequent. TAGS: Sequent Computer Systems, SCO Group Inc., Unix, IBM Corp., license, Linux, suit, intellectual property, operating system, acquisition

SCO identifies Linux licensee

March 1, 2004 EV1Servers.net signs a deal that will let it run thousands of Linux servers without facing legal consequences from SCO. Other licensees are keeping mum. TAGS: EV1Servers.net, SCO Group Inc., licensee, Linux, Unix, Linux server, Novell Inc., IBM Corp., license, Red Hat Inc., intellectual property, server, operating system

Kodak sues Sony over digital cameras

March 10, 2004 The camera maker files a patent infringement suit against its Japanese rival, and there are signs that other companies may also be in Kodak's crosshairs. TAGS: Eastman Kodak Co., camera maker, Rochester, Sanyo Electric Co., digital camera, patent, Sony Corp., suit, camera, license, imaging, intellectual property

SCO's big legal gun takes aim

August 21, 2003 Attorney Mark Heise is leading the company's battle against IBM--a legal case he says may redefine the direction of the software industry. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., GPL, copyright law, Linux, license, distribution, intellectual property, code, material, Unix, attorney, IBM Corp., open source
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