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CNET News: SCO: Linux Lawsuit to be Filed Tuesday

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 2, 2004

“The SCO Group plans to expand its Linux legal attack on Tuesday
by filing a lawsuit against a large company using the open-source
operating system.

“SCO Chief Executive Darl McBride announced the plan Monday at
the Software 2004 conference here, but he didn’t identify the
company beyond saying it would have a recognized name…

The first target will be a company that has a Unix license from
SCO already, giving SCO some contractual leverage in the case.
McBride said. In addition, the suit will involve copyright
infringement claims…”

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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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