By raising national security concerns, software maker SCO’s suit against IBM hamstrings the open-source movement.
The $1 billion lawsuit that SCO Group (SCOX ) Inc. filed against IBM in March is turning into something akin to water torture. Every few weeks,
there’s a new allegation or announcement from the tiny Lindon (Utah) software company, provoking fears that it will enforce its intellectual property
rights against sellers of the Linux computer operating system.
The $1 billion lawsuit that SCO Group (SCOX ) Inc. filed against IBM in March is turning into something akin to water torture. Every few weeks,
there’s a new allegation or announcement from the tiny Lindon (Utah) software company, provoking fears that it will enforce its intellectual property
rights against sellers of the Linux computer operating system.
Link: businessweek.com
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