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| DATE | 2003-08-07 |
| FROM | From: "Inker, Evan"
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] IBM countersues SCO
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IBM countersues SCO
By STEPHEN SHANKLAND
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
POSTED AT 10:04 AM EDT Thursday, Aug. 7, 2003
IBM on Thursday filed counterclaims against the SCO Group in the continuing
legal battle over the Linux operating system.
An IBM spokesman said on Thursday that the company made the filing late
Wednesday. Further details were not immediately available, and SCO
representatives could not be reached for comment.
SCO has sued IBM for $3-billion (U.S.), alleging that Big Blue moved
proprietary Unix code into Linux and breached the terms of its Unix license
with SCO. Separately from the IBM suit, SCO has said that Unix code was
copied directly into Linux and seeks payments of as much as $1,399 per
computer from Linux users.
The bold initial lawsuit, followed by the equally bold threat that Linux
users should pay or face potential legal action, has sent shock waves
through the computing industry.
On Monday, the top Linux seller, Red Hat, filed a separate lawsuit seeking a
legal judgment about whether Linux violates SCO's Unix copyrights.
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