When Michael Robertson sold Linspire to Xandros, I doubt many people saw a lawsuit coming his way from former Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony.
Read more »Creditors Being Objected to by SCO Begin to Respond
Some of the creditors that SCO tried to toss out of the lifeboat with its First (Non-Substantive) Omnibus Objection to Claims are starting to show up, evidently mad as can be, to support their claims.
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What if Psystar Wins?
From the beginning it seemed like a long shot, but Psystar has only made it clearer and clearer that they are determined to prove Apple's locking of Mac OS X to their own hardware is a violation of anti-trust laws.
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Open Source Is Far From Free
Open-source software is software for which the source code is freely and publicly available. Although open-source software is also called "free software" (see www.fsf.org and www.opensource.org), it is far from free. There are specific licensing agreements that are applicable to such code, which specify the responsibilities of the user of the code.
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Symbian is Not About Freedom, It’s About DRM and Software Patents
Symbian throws in some old misconceptions to discredit the GPL, so we explore possible motives
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SCO Plans... er... SCO Hopes for a Future
Well, this is perfect. SCO's plans for the future surfaced at TecForum 2008 in a presentation they've put on their website, so we can all have a laugh together. Here's the plan.
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Patent System Status in the United States, European Union
A roundup of stories about the continued struggle to change (rectify) the patent systems
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When Spoliation Gets Found Out
You have to read this. Do you remember when SCO tried to accuse IBM of spoliation, albeit unsuccessfully? If so, you will enjoy reading this ruling, where a New York judge actually agreed with a plaintiff that the defendant had deliberately destroyed computer evidence.
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So, that's how GPL Violations finds it out!
Ever wondered how GPL violations and the other guys in pursue of violations of the Free Software licenses find out who is an infringer?
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In Conroy’s muddy waters you'll never know what’s being filtered
Critics of Conroy's Internet filtering say Australians will not be able to find out what the governmnet censors online, and ask: who watches the watchmen?
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NetApp's Point of View on the Sun Litigation - An Update
Dave Hitz, CEO at NetApp, has posted his view on the latest happenings in the NetApp v. Sun patent litigation.
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Alleged Israeli GPL violation settled out of court
After two years of litigation, the parties involved in an Israeli law suit that centered on the validity of the GNU General Public License (GPL) have settled out of court. The result leaves the legal status of the GPL in Israel unresolved.
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Open-source DRM ready to take on Apple and Microsoft
An open-source digital rights management (DRM) scheme says it's ready to supplant Apple and Microsoft as the world's leading copy protection solution.
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Google Settles Authors Guild Litigation
Google has reached a settlement in the litigation over its Google Books feature. The settlement is complex, but on a quick look, it seems a bit like radio paying into a copyright clearinghouse to be able to play music.
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SCO's MORs for September in the Bankruptcy - The Subsidiaries
SCO Group and SCO Operations have filed the monthly operating reports for September.
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