Operating Systems
- 2201
- An Open Letter from Darl McBride
- CEO issues another open letter; challenges legal status of GPL with what SCO says are legal precedents that will terminate the idea of copyleft. [SCO] (December 04, 2003)
- 2202
- Aiming at the GPL?
- According to Mark Heise of Boies, Schiller, and Flexner; SCO outside law firm, GNU GPL, by which Linux kernel and much other code is licensed, is invalid due to being preempted by US copyright law. Forum comments. [LWN: Linux Weekly News] (August 21, 2003)
- 2203
- The GPL Will Win, Claims Law Prof
- Eben Moglen, Professor of Law, Columbia University, FSF pro bono general counsel for last decade, says no need to fear GPL being tested in US Court, astonished by latest SCO legal tactic to reject GPL validity. [The Register] (August 19, 2003)
- 2204
- The SCO Mug
- Photographs (7) of coffee mug shown modified to handle bio-waste receptacle functions, and being used for such by penguin wearing a gnu about his neck. [Brian/Mitchell Genealogy]
- 2205
- The Grinch Who Stole Linux
- Parody of children's Christmas story popular in US, celebratory forum comments. [Groklaw] (November 06, 2003)
- 2206
- Parody: Modern SCO Executive
- Lyrical summary of SCO suit and related events, in format of song 'I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major-General', from 'Pirates of Penzance', by Gilbert, Sullivan. With funny forum comments. [LWN: Linux Weekly News] (June 03, 2003)
- 2207
- Gartner: SCO's Legal Fees Could Jeopardize Its Software Business
- Recent moves compromise SCO mission as software firm; place law firm in position of growing power to set agenda for SCO compensation. Summary with forum comments. [LWN: Linux Weekly News] (November 20, 2003)
- 2208
- SCO Admits: Linux Jihad is Destroying Our Business
- SEC filing shows: SCO has already lost business from its loyal customer base; expects to lose more. [The Register] (November 18, 2003)
- 2209
- SCO NDA Offers Little Information, Much Risk
- Full text of long non-disclosure agreement SCO asks independent experts to sign, interview with lawyer Dan Ravicher identifies 3 key problems, forum comments. No one in kernel development or planning to contribute to free software projects should sign it. [Linux Journal] (June 04, 2003)
- 2210
- How the SCO Lawsuit Will Affect Linux Adoption
- Depending on how IBM responds, its Linux strategy, and the fate of whole Linux movement, may hang in the balance. Unix history; forum comments. [TechRepublic] (April 15, 2003)
- 2211
- Basic Chart for SCO Group, Inc.
- Graph of stock price and volume; since SCO sued IBM, stock price has varied greatly, was rising, now falling. Yahoo Finance.
- 2212
- Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of The SCO Group, Inc.
- Full document, agreement said to involve minority investor BayStar Capital ($20 million), and majority investor Royal Bank of Canada ($30 million). [US Security and Exchange Commission, SEC]
- 2213
- Form S-3 Registration Statement
- New S-3 filed as part of BayStar deal, allows for converting BayStar preferred stock to regular stock, so SCO had to register another 3.85 million shares for sale. [US Security and Exchange Commission, SEC]
- 2214
- Visions of Ka-ching Dance in Their Heads
- Analysis of why investors are raising SCO stock price, based on two documents from Renaissance Ventures, LLC, venture capital firm. Links and quotes source documents. Many forum comments. Print-friendly version too. [Groklaw] (September 23, 2003)
- 2215
- SCO Insider Trades
- List of all such stock trades since 2002 that author could find, sorted by publishing date, compiled from SEC public records, about $1,375,654 in sales since March 2003. [Groklaw] (August 12, 2003)
- 2216
- SCO Execs Cash in on Suit Spotlight
- Link to story, useful forum comments, on ZDNet finally looking at SCO stock insider trading. [LWN: Linux Weekly News] (July 29, 2003)
- 2217
- SCO Insider Trading Watch
- SCO executives keep slowly cashing in their stock to benefit from its current, inflated price; total 93,000 shares sold since suit filing, net $782,000 earnings. Table with links. Forum comments. [LWN: Linux Weekly News] (July 17, 2003)