MozillaQuest Magazine (mozillaquest.com) reports: "SCO-Caldera filed a lawsuit against IBM yesterday afternoon . . . about claims involving the UNIX and Linux operating systems . . . SCO-Caldera now owns . . . the source code for the UNIX operating system developed by AT&T's Unix Systems Laboratory . . . SCO-Caldera claims that the GNU/Linux source code is based upon its UNIX source code. However, prominent members of the Linux, GNU/Linux, and UNIX communities have denied SCO-Caldera's claims . . . SCO intellectual property licensing and enforcement will contribute nearly one-half . . . of its anticipated $23-million in revenues for the fiscal quarter ending 30 April 2003."
Linux Journal also is reporting on this. (Submitted by Anonymous Mon Mar 10, 2003 ) |