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CNET News: SCO Describes Alleged IBM Unix Misuse to Court

By Stephen Shankland

“It took more than two and a half years, but the SCO Group
finally has disclosed a list of areas it believes IBM violated its
Unix contract, allegedly by moving proprietary Unix technology into
open-source Linux.

“In a five-page document filed Friday, SCO attorneys say they
identify 217 areas in which it believes IBM or Sequent, a Unix
server company IBM acquired, violated contracts under which SCO and
its predecessors licensed the Unix operating system. However, the
curious won’t be able to see for themselves the details of SCO’s
claims: The full list of alleged abuses were filed in a separate
document under court seal…”

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