OSDL to pay for Torvalds’ lawyers

Open Source Development Labs Inc. (OSDL) said Friday that it will pay the legal fees for Linux creator Linus Torvalds and other lab employees who have
been ensnared in a lawsuit between IBM Corp. and The SCO Group Inc.

Torvalds, who is a fellow of the open source consortium, was subpoenaed Wednesday, along with OSDL Chief Executive Officer Stuart Cohen and others, to
hand over documents related to the suit.