[TriLUG] SCO - The other shoe drops...

[Jon Carnes]

On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 13:59, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> Looks like Red Hat decided not to sit back and wait to see what
> else SCO is going to do.
> 
> http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030804/45483_1.html
> 
> Cheers,
> Tanner

Yeah I was just reading it...

Today is a good day for Linux!

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Red Hat announced that it filed a formal complaint against The SCO
Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX, "SCO"). The purpose of this complaint is to
demonstrate that Red Hat's technologies do not infringe any intellectual
property of SCO and to hold SCO accountable for its unfair and deceptive
actions.
    "We filed this complaint to stop SCO from making unsubstantiated and
untrue public statements attacking Red Hat Linux and the integrity of
the Open Source software development process," said Mark Webbink,
General Counsel at Red Hat. "Red Hat is confident that its current and
future customers will continue to realize the significant value that our
Red Hat Linux platform provides without interruption."
    To further protect the integrity of Open Source software and the
Open Source community, Red Hat has established the Open Source Now Fund.
The purpose of the fund will be to cover legal expenses associated with
infringement claims brought against companies developing software under
the GPL license and non-profit organizations supporting the efforts of
companies developing software under a GPL license. Red Hat has pledged
one million dollars to be provided as funding in this initiative. For
more information please e-mail opensourcenow at redhat.com.
    "The collaborative process of Open Source software development which
created the Linux operating system has been unjustly questioned and
threatened," said Matthew Szulik, Chairman and CEO of Red Hat. "In its
role as industry leader, Red Hat has a responsibility to ensure the
legal rights of users are protected."