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ESR: This is a Strike at the Heart of Our Community
Anti-SCO alarum and editorial by Open Source advocate Eric S. Raymond, with many forum comments. [Linux Today]
Gartner: SCO's Legal Fees Could Jeopardize Its Software Business
Recent moves compromise SCO mission as software firm; place law firm in position of growing power to set agenda for SCO compensation. Summary with forum comments. [LWN: Linux Weekly News]
Unix's War on Linux
By Charles Cooper. The deeply flawed lawsuit filed against IBM by SCO is a stalking-horse for a deeper struggle between proprietary and open-source software. [CNET News.com]
SCO Warns of IBM Lawsuit Risks
It says its $1 billion lawsuit will be costly and may have unintended effects that may harm their business: legal fees may rise greatly, revenue from joint ventures with IBM and partners may fall, IBM may have customers shun SCO products. [CNET News.com]
SCO Group Playing Pandora?
Open source software backers raise intriguing prospect of whole new group of legal actions surrounding SCO Linux claims: if SCO invoices Linux users, such should respond with consumer fraud actions of their own. [CNET News.com]
How the SCO Lawsuit Will Affect Linux Adoption
Depending on how IBM responds, its Linux strategy, and the fate of whole Linux movement, may hang in the balance. Unix history; forum comments. [TechRepublic]
SCO NDA Offers Little Information, Much Risk
Full text of long non-disclosure agreement SCO asks independent experts to sign, interview with lawyer Dan Ravicher identifies 3 key problems, forum comments. No one in kernel development or planning to contribute to free software projects should sign it. [Linux Journal]
Does Linux Have a Dark Secret?
All it would take is one unnoticed rogue uploader to open a whole project with millions of users to significant legal trouble. In this way, SCO has done the Linux community a favor by showing a hole in the armor. [NewsFactor Network]
SCO Admits: Linux Jihad is Destroying Our Business
SEC filing shows: SCO has already lost business from its loyal customer base; expects to lose more. [The Register]
SCO's Legal Fees Could Jeopardize Its Software Business
SCO will pay its lawyers $9 million to pursue lawsuits against Linux users, who should keep low profile and have contingency plan. SCO customers should have migration plan if SCO legal strategy falters. [Gartner]
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