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Groklaw: IBM Files For Partial Summary Judgment on 8th Counterclaim (Copyright Infringement)

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 19, 2004

“Man, this just isn’t SCO’s week. IBM has just filed *another*
Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, this one on its 8th
Counterclaim, the one for copyright infringement. No, silly, not
IBM copying SCO. It’s where IBM says that SCO has literally copied
more than 783,000 lines of code from 16 packages of IBM’s
copyrighted material. They are asking for summary judgment as to
liability and a permanent injunction.

“Here’s the lesson. You don’t ever want IBM legally mad at
you.

“SCO and friends keep floating these rumors about SCO settling
or being bought up. I think IBM has other plans, like crushing SCO
like a bug…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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