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Has BT violated the GPL?
News The FSFE's Freedom Task Force unit has now begun contacting the software developers who own the copyright within the Linux kernel, and other pieces of open source software such as the Samba file and print application, to tell them BT is infringing... [29 Jan 2007]
Patent bullies may face GPL 3 penalty clause
News The next version of the GPL (GNU General Public License) may contain a clause to penalise companies that use software patents against free software. GPL version 3, a draft of which will be released in January 2006, may contain a patent retaliation... [07 Sep 2005]
IBM wins victory of sorts in SCO battle
News IBM in August countersued with four patent violation claims and a defence that charges SCO with violating the terms of the General Public Licence (GPL) that governs Linux. IBM argues that SCO's distribution of a Linux product means it has agreed to... [08 Dec 2003]
IBM turns up heat on SCO
News SCO has infringed and is infringing IBM's copyrights by copying, modifying, sublicensing and/or distributing Linux products except as expressly provided under the GPL. IBM filed counterclaims against SCO in August, charging SCO with violating IBM... [29 Sep 2003]
IBM returns SCO's legal volley
News In a 45-page document filed late Wednesday, IBM argues that because SCO distributed a version of Linux under the open-source General Public License (GPL), it can't claim that Linux software is proprietary. [08 Aug 2003]
