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RSS linux lawsuitIBM hits server seller with patent suit
News IBM also argues in its lawsuit that it has refused to license its patents and copyrighted mainframe software for use in PSI's servers. PSI has not filed an antitrust lawsuit against IBM. PSI's machines... [07 Dec 2006]
Red Hat landed with JBoss patent suit
News Red Hat has been hit by a patent lawsuit related to JBoss, just weeks after completing its purchase of the open source software company. Current patent law standards allow a patent infringement lawsuit... [03 Jul 2006]
SCO vs Big Blue: Judge rejects copyright claims
News A US judge has thrown out hundreds of claims made by SCO Group in its Linux lawsuit against IBM, finding that SCO failed to specify many of Big Blue's alleged misdeeds. The company launched its initial... [03 Jul 2006]
GPLv3 gets public airing
News It also includes a "patent retaliation" clause that prohibits an organisation from using privately modified GPL software if it files a patent infringement lawsuit relating to that software. Stallman is the author of the... [18 Jan 2006]
Open source overhaul: GPLv3 on the way
News For example, there might be penalties prohibiting use of GPL software if a company files a lawsuit alleging that GPL software infringes its patents. Since then, it's been used to govern Linux, MySQL,... [12 Jan 2006]
Nokia opens the door to its Linux kernel
News Legal scrutiny of Linux in particular and open source software in general jumped to the foreground with the SCO Group's lawsuit against IBM involving Linux and Unix. Nokia has announced... [26 May 2005]
Judge to SCO: "Where's your evidence?"
News In addition to several references in the IBM case, SCO also put the claim at the centre of its lawsuit against Linux user and former SCO customer AutoZone. IBM in 2004 sought a declaration that its... [10 Feb 2005]
IBM offers 500 patents to open source
News IBM has decided to let open source developers use 500 software patents without fear of an infringement lawsuit, a new step in its encouragement of the collaborative programming philosophy. The move follows that of... [11 Jan 2005]
Hackers deface SCO website
News The company launched a lawsuit against IBM last year, claiming that the computing giant illegally incorporated into its Linux software some source code from the Unix operating system, which SCO claims to... [30 Nov 2004]
California readies lawsuit against Microsoft
News The lawsuit also comes as Microsoft is facing increased competition by open source groups and their community-developed software, such as Linux. Five state counties and two cities have filed a class... [31 Aug 2004]
Munich Windows-to-Linux switch - it's back on
News Legal risks mostly come from US patents, and no vendor with relevant patents seems to have shown any interest in threatening or initiating a lawsuit. Munich's mayor has decided to push ahead with the LiMux project -... [13 Aug 2004]
Linspire - aka Lindows - cuts IPO price
News The company, which is changing its name to Linspire to settle a Microsoft lawsuit, sells a version of Linux for desktop computers. Lindows, the Linux desktop software company changing... [09 Aug 2004]
Microsoft 'settles' with Lindows
News Microsoft filed a lawsuit claiming that Lindows.com was violating its trademark on the word 'windows'. Microsoft and Lindows.com have been engaged in a legal tussle since 2001, after Lindows launched a version of... [19 Jul 2004]
SCO accuses IBM over unseen documents
News The lawsuit, which argues that IBM violated its Unix contract with SCO by moving proprietary Unix technology to open-source Linux, is one of several cases SCO launched to profit from the popularity of... [12 Jul 2004]
Microsoft must fight on in NY legal case
News At the heart of the New York lawsuit is the claim that Microsoft violated section 349 by entering into secret agreements with computer makers to throttle competition and creating an "applications barriers" in its Windows... [10 Jun 2004]
