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Linux under siege: Tracking the course of SCO's lawsuit  
 
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Since SCO started the Linux war last March by filing suit against IBM, vendors and open-source advocates alike have weighed in on SCO's claims and its new licensing program

Exec says Microsoft 'guaranteed' SCO investment  
Microsoft denies the involvement reported by BayStar execs in their court filing

Novell issues strong answer, counterclaims to SCO suit  
Novell rejects SCO's claims tht it holds the copyright on Unix and demands a jury trial

Software organization rebuffs SCO subpoena  
Free Software Foundation will not produce material requested for SCO's suit against IBM

German company clogs SCO's legal machine  
Startup halts SCO's copyright infringement claims in Europe's largest open source market

CA blasts SCO, disputes Linux license claim  
Exec denounces SCO's tactics that 'intimidate and threaten customers'

CA named as SCO licensee  
Total number of publicly announced licensees stands at four

IBM ordered to provide SCO with code, documents  
SCO must also provide further details of its case against Big Blue

SCO sues first Linux user, AutoZone  
Suit could also create liabilities for SCO

SCO to sue Linux user  
Company to allege intellectual property violations

SCO shows IBM the code  
Lawsuit will hinge on SCO and IBM's definition of 'derivative works,' not copyright infringement

Intel, IBM pony up for Linux lawsuit fund  
OSDL to establish $10 million defense fund to pay legal fees of Linux users sued by SCO

Update: SCO steps up licensing battle, reports loss  
Unix developer sends letters to large Linux users charging them with violations of DMCA

SCO: GPL threatens $229B software market  
SCO CEO says proprietary, open-source worlds are on 'collision course' that will lead to GPL's demise

SCO CEO: Novell-SuSE breaks SCO contract  
Planned acquisition violates non-compete agreement and could lead to legal action against Novell

Update: SCO to pay lawyers millions for more legal firepower  
Linux developer's defense in lawsuit with IBM will take multi-million dollar bite out of Q4 results

Analysts puzzled over SCO, IBM subpoenas  
List of companies, individuals subpoenaed strikes many as unrelated to claims of the SCO-IBM lawsuit

SCO: IBM cannot enforce GPL  
Free Software Foundation is the only entity that can enforce the GPL, SCO officials say

SCO moves to dismiss Red Hat lawsuit  
Says Red Hat is seeking to defend its OS against nonexistent legal challenge from SCO

SCO says it signs new Linux customer  
Company retools sales staff to appeal to skeptical market

SCO fined for Linux claims  
German court hands down decision

SCO Web site attacked again  
Open source community implicated in second DoS attack

SCO Web site hit by denial of service attack  
Open source community member called perpetrator

Get on with Linux and ignore SCO, developer says  
Users and developers not to be sidetracked by SCO's legal moves, MontaVista says

SCO unveils disputed code  
Linux advocates claim cited code is legitimate

SCO CEO says IBM behind open source attacks  
Claims that IBM was involved in Novell's and Red Hat's responses to SCO's lawsuit

Linux advocate: More SCO evidence flawed  
But company disputes claim

SCO users divided over GPL  
CEO says GPL is about 'destroying value'

SCO's proof bogus, Linux advocate says  
Torvalds says code snippet has 'been around forever'

SCO makes legal case to its resellers  
Company's struggle compared to James Bond at SCOForum

SCO sees up to $12 million in new Unix licensing  
Company has already booked $13 million this year from Microsoft, Sun

SCO terminates IBM's Sequent OS license  
Linux dispute continues

SCO signs up first IP Compliance licensee  
Unnamed Fortune 500 company said to receive discount on license

IBM files counter lawsuit against SCO  
Claims SCO infringed on patents, violated GPL

IBM exec: SCO lawsuit a bump in the road  
Wladawsky-Berger says suit won't affect Linux's success

Update: Novell hails Linux, criticizes SCO  
Exec charges FUD being thrown

SCO unveils Linux licensing scheme  
Company to charge $699 per processor

Update: Red Hat files complaint against SCO  
Company charges SCO engaged in 'unfair and deceptive actions'

SCO targets Linux users  
Company preps a UnixWare for Linux license

Linux advocates doubt validity of SCO licensing scheme  
Advocates claim scheme violates GPL software license

Update: SCO readies new Linux licensing program  
Company will announce 'precursor' to program on Monday

Sun revealed as SCO mystery licensee  
Sun's deal seen as similar to Microsoft's agreement with SCO

Open source advocate fires back at SCO  


Update: SCO revokes AIX license  


SCO shows Linux code to analysts  


Novell backs off copyright claims against SCO  


SCO hit by legal action in Germany  


Update: Novell hits back at SCO on Unix claims  


Gartner to users: Don't take SCO suit lightly  


Update: Microsoft licenses Unix technology from SCO  


Report: Microsoft to license Unix from SCO  


SCO drops Linux, warns Linux users  


IBM denies SCO's charges  


Update: SCO sues IBM over Linux  


Has SCO fired shot to start Linux war?  



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