Law.com: The Real Price of Linux Software | Linux Today

Law.com: The Real Price of Linux Software

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 28, 2005

“As litigation between The SCO Group and IBM rages on and with
SCO threatening to file suits against Linux users, businesses have
become justifiably concerned over their use of open-source
software.

“In SCO v. IBM alone, SCO seeks $5 billion from IBM, by
some accounts. SCO claims that the freely available Linux
open-source operating system violates some of its intellectual
property…”

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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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