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ComputerWeekly: Software Foundation Snubs SCO Subpoena

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 20, 2004

“The Free Software Foundation, which created the software
licence that governs Linux, says that it will not produce all of
the material requested in a subpoena it received from The SCO
Group, as part of SCO’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit against
IBM.

“‘We will not betray our legally protected confidences,
particularly when they relate to our work upholding the integrity
of the GPL [GNU General Public License],’ said Bradley Kuhn, the
executive director of the non-profit organisation…”


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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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