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SCO Adds Copyright Claim to IBM Suit

Posted by michael on from the double-or-nothing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "News.com.com reports that the SCO Group has significantly widened its Unix and Linux lawsuit against IBM, adding a copyright infringement claim to the already complicated case." There's also another story discussing the copyright claims.

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  1. [OT] The court hearing today by e6003 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Groklaw has a detailed eye-witness account. It seems SCO's new claims might just be about IBM continuing to distribute AIX after SCO "revoked" their license. And apparently IBM's lawyers wiped the floor with SCO's counsel (it wasn't Darl's brother this time!). Great reading - enjoy!

  2. IBM has an INCREDIBLE reply by rewt66 · · Score: 5, Informative
    I grabbed this link off of Groklaw (credit where due): IBM's statement as to whether SCO complied with the discover order. It is unbelievably good.

    Now the bad news: Posting it on Groklaw seems to have been enough to /. the court's server, so you're going to have to wait a while to read it (and no, I didn't grab a mirror while I had it - my bad).

    Of course, posting the link here is far worse than posting it on Groklaw, so maybe you should try to read it tomorrow...

    Late update: I re-tried the link when I did the preview, and got it - so it's back, or perhaps intermittent. I'm going to try to grab it right after I post...

  3. Actaully they narrowed not widen! by linuxislandsucks · · Score: 5, Informative

    News got it wrong again..

    SCO dropped the trade secrets claims.. and only is going to turn over code in 17 files that they claim is infringing 30 days from now after numerous delays..

    see groklaw.com for details..

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  4. Re:Bluff bluff bluff by FatRatBastard · · Score: 5, Informative

    The big news the Slashdot post seems to have missed is that:

    SCO HAS DROPPED THEIR TRADE SECRET CLAIM

    Remember when this crap all began Darl's mantra was "It isn't about copyright, its about trade secrets." Well, apparently not any more. Highly suggest parusing Groklaw for some great coverage. IBM's court filings from yesterday are brilliant.

  5. Slashdot now Linux FUD source? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    They replaced the previous claims with the copyright claims because they were completely and utterly able to provide the minimum amount of information during discovery.

    So saying the case has been "widened" is wrong.

    Also, they didn't add the claims yet. The asked the judge to allow them to add the claims. This is because they missed the deadline to add claims to the lawsuit.

    You'd think there would be more reliable information from a place where Linux people supposedly hang out.

  6. IBM's Report on SCO's Compliance by SilverThorn · · Score: 5, Informative

    As from the SCOX Message board (found on Finance.Yahoo.com): IBM's Report on SCO's Compliance with the December 12th order. http://pacer.utd.uscourts.gov/images/203cv00294000 00103.pdf

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  7. Re:$1.6B and dropping fast... by shades66 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The SCO Group's stock symbol is SCOX not SCO.

    The SCO Groups' market cap is $190M and falling

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  8. Re:Bluff bluff bluff by stevesliva · · Score: 5, Informative
    The Inquirer has a great commentary about this all from earlier today.

    And, of course, Groklaw has a summary of today's court action. Basically SCO ends up looking stupid again.

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