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spookz
Mar 3, 2004, 12:14 PM
*SCO threatened in November to sue Linux users, although it missed a self-imposed mid-February deadline to do so.

*SCO has sued IBM for more than $5 billion in damages, alleging Big Blue violated its Unix contract by moving Unix technology to Linux that it should have kept secret.

*IBM denies wrongdoing and has countersued SCO for patent infringement. Meanwhile,

*Novell, a previous Unix owner, claims it owns Unix copyrights, forcing SCO to sue to establish ownership.

*And Linux seller Red Hat has sued SCO to try to establish that Linux doesn't violate SCO copyrights or trade secrets.

sco (http://news.google.com/url?ntc=0M4B0&q=http://news.com.com/2100-1014-5168921.html)