Operating Systems
- 2201
- Sun Is Currently Distributing the 2.4 Kernel under the GPL
- Sun considers offering their own Linux version, and indemnifying customers based on Sun license with SCO. [Groklaw] (July 29, 2003)
- 2202
- Sun Comes out from behind the Clouds
- Sun is 2nd SCO licensee; pact, signed early 2003, expands Sun's 1994 rights to use Unix in Solaris OS; SCO also granted warrant to buy up to 210,000 shares SCO stock, $1.83 a share as part of deal, according to regulatory document. [Groklaw] (July 10, 2003)
- 2203
- The Solaris Trap
- Sun to release source code to Solaris, proprietary Unix, under Sun Community Source License. This poses a threat: it creates temptation to include non-free code into parts of Linux; could open Linux long crippling series of intellectual property fights, lawsuits. [LWN: Linux Weekly News] (October 04, 1999)
- 2204
- SCO Plans to Stay in UnitedLinux, Despite IP Beef
- SCO tries to move on, despite heated intellectual property (IP) battle with IBM, to remain a consortium member, according to Thor Christianson, SCO director of ISV/IHV relations. [LinuxPlanet] (May 05, 2003)
- 2205
- Security Experts Doubt SCO Was Attacked
- Groklaw flooded with information showing SCO story doesn't add up; consensus: probably not attack, SCO description of issue makes no sense, if what they are saying is true SCO then admits gross negligence. Vast forum comments. [Groklaw] (December 10, 2003)
- 2206
- President of OSI Responds to SCO's DoS Claims
- Eric S. Raymond reacts with suitable, short, indignant response, saying: "This is a baseless slur, unsupported by facts." Several forum comments. [LWN: Linux Weekly News] (May 06, 2003)
- 2207
- 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)
- 2208
- 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)
- 2209
- 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)
- 2210
- 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]
- 2211
- The Grinch Who Stole Linux
- Parody of children's Christmas story popular in US, celebratory forum comments. [Groklaw] (November 06, 2003)
- 2212
- 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)
- 2213
- 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)
- 2214
- 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)
- 2215
- 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)
- 2216
- 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)
- 2217
- 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.
- 2218
- 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]