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SCO adds copyright claim to IBM suit

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On February 6, 2004, 12:35 AM

SCO Group has significantly widened its Unix and Linux lawsuit against IBM, adding a copyright infringement claim to the already complicated case, sources said Thursday.

Copyright infringement is a major new element to SCO's current accusations that IBM breached its contract with SCO and misappropriating trade secrets by moving technology developed for proprietary Unix to open-source Linux. The case has injected some uncertainty into a computing industry that for the most part has eagerly embraced Linux, but analysts such as IDC say the suit doesn't appear to have slowed the operating system's growth.

Read more: [URL=http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5154413.html?tag=st_lh]CNet News[/URL].

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  1. February 6, 2004 6:18 AM
    Masque said:
    Man, they are REALLY grasping at straws. Looks like a sinking ship and I'm waiting for them to start jumping. SCO needs to drop all this nonsense and move on. Old business model.
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