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Groklaw: The GPL Pickle SCO Is In…

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 23, 2004

“Here is IBM’s Redacted Memorandum in Support of IBM’s Motion
for Partial Summary Judgment on its Counterclaim for Copyright
Infringement (8th Counterclaim) as text.

“The first thing that stands out is that we learn in paragraph
66 that IBM was among those companies that got a letter from the
first batch SCO sent out in May of 2003, the one sent to the
Fortune 1000 companies. The same paragraph mentions something we’ve
been too busy to write about, but it definitely belongs in our
archives, that SCO on August 10 threatened to increase the cost of
its SCOSource license, ‘which it says companies running Linux need
to buy in order to avoid being sued…'”

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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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