“The Open Source Development Lab will pay its law firm to
represent Linus Torvalds, the Linux operating system founder and
leader who this week was subpoenaed in connection with a $3 billion
suit against IBM…“‘OSDL has agreed to fund legal representation for Torvalds and
any other employees of the lab who may become involved in the
litigation,’ the consortium said in a statement it planned to
release on Friday…”