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Red Hat Sues SCO, Sets Up Legal Fund
An anonymous reader writes "Red Hat has released a PR Newswire article stating that it intends to sue SCO Group to prove that it doesn't infringe any of SCO's intellectual property regarding the Red Hat Linux platform, and to hold it accountable for its actions and smear campaign. They've also announced the creation of a legal fund, to which they've pledged $1M US dollars to fight complaints such as these, called the 'Open Source Now' fund."
I didn't expect Red Hat to do this - was more expecting IBM to go at them with at 20MT nuke or something. Nonetheless, good show!
This sig no verb.
I love linux. I use it on my desktop. I use it on servers. I use it everywhere. And the stuff that SCO is claiming is simply mud slinging. I think it's safe to say that the very fact that they refuse to show their proof shows us that their claims are feeble at best.
In any case, it was only a matter of time before companies like Red Hat started to act against SCO, not relying on IBM to do all the work. I wouldn't be suprised of SuSE and other major Linux companies started their own lawsuits.
I am a filthy pirate.
As of now, Yahoo! is showing SCOX at 11.50. It was well over 13 when I checked 4-6 hours ago. I don't recall seeing it below 12.50 since their lastest FUD manoevre a couple of weeks ago.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
All we know is they filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court in Delaware.
What we don't know is the nature of the complaint.