Red Hat Fires Back at SCO

Dom · Aug 5, 2003, 05:08 AM

Red Hat Inc. on Monday fired a warning shot at The SCO Group with a pair of legal actions aimed at disarming SCO's claims of copyright violation over Linux.

Red Hat announced it has requested a pre-emptive judgment to find it innocent of all potential copyright violations. The Linux vendor also announced the formation of a legal fund designed to help smaller Linux firms with their own defenses.

On Monday, Red Hat filed suit in a federal court in Delaware seeking pre-emptive relief against SCO, and its claims that the Linux code base has illegally copyrighted Unix code to which SCO now owns the rights. SCO has yet to file a copyright infringement motion against Red Hat.

Instead, SCO has done Red Hat and other Linux firms damage in the marketplace through repeated "unfounded rumors and innuendo," according to Matthew Szulik, chairman and CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat.

In a statement, SCO said it had not been spreading FUD.

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Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Red Hat Fires Back at SCO Red Hat Inc. on Monday fired a warning shot at The SCO Group with a pair of legal actions aimed at disarming SCO's claims of copyright violation over Linux. Red Hat announced it has requested a pre-emptive judgment to find it innocent of all potential copyright violations. The Linux vendor also announced the formation of a legal fund designed to help smaller Linux firms with their own defenses. On Monday, Red Hat filed suit in a federal court in Delaware seeking pre-emptive relief against SCO, and its claims that the Linux code base has illegally copyrighted Unix code to which SCO now owns the rights. SCO has yet to file a copyright infringement motion against Red Hat. Instead, SCO has done Red Hat and other Linux firms damage in the marketplace through repeated "unfounded rumors and innuendo," according to Matthew Szulik, chairman and CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat. In a statement, SCO said it had not been spreading FUD. Read More...