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IBM sues SCO for selling Linux, at last! SCO are being sued 4 something!

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Posted: Aug 8 2003, 10:50 AM

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IBM sues SCO for selling Linux
By Ashlee Vance in Chicago
Posted: 07/08/2003 at 17:19 GMT

IBM has thrown itself right into the middle of the legal trainwreck that is SCO with a countersuit seeking to protect its own IP.

In an almost comical turn of events, IBM is charging that SCO cannot claim bits of the Linux operating system are proprietary since SCO once sold a version of Linux under the GPL. IBM is also looking to secure its own IP by charging that SCO has infringed on four Big Blue patents. Last but not least, IBM claims that SCO disrupted IBM's server business by terminating its AIX license.

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Posted: Aug 8 2003, 10:52 AM

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http://www.theregister.com/content/61/32233.html

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SCO still offers 'infringing' Linux source code
By Ashlee Vance in Chicago
Posted: 08/08/2003 at 00:22 GMT

SCO has told the public that its version of Linux is no longer for sale due to its legal pursuit of IBM and Linux users. That much is true. In fact, the code does not cost a penny with SCO providing a rather swift download site for SCO Linux.

Close to 30 Reg readers have sent along the following link that leads directly to a FTP download of the Linux kernel, at the time of this report. It's part of SCO's OpenLinux 3.1.1.

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