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Legal threat rocks Linux

May 27, 2003 |

Computing

Basically, SCO claims that the open-source Linux operating system infringes on the intellectual property developed for Unix. If the claims were to hold up in court, the business model of providing “open” software, closely associated with Linux, could be broken. The letter, sent on May 12 to Fortune 1,000 companies and 500 other global concerns, fired a shot across the bow of the Linux user community, which reacted with angry… Read More