Nowadays, there is a universe of open-source projects consisting of code, libraries and binaries from different sources. The open-source code and binaries are freely available from public repositories ...

Microsoft's connection to the anti-Linux campaign being waged by the SCO Group is becoming clear. In the latest move, Microsoft has stepped up the battle with an announced agreement to license SCO's ...

An open letter to the Linux community published this week by Silicon Graphics indicates that SGI has conducted a comprehensive comparison of the Linux kernel and the Unix System V source code owned by ...

Microsoft will license the rights to Unix technology from SCO Group, a move that could impact the battle between Windows and Linux in the market for computer operating systems. According to a ...

After reviewing Unix source code provided by IBM, The SCO Group appears to be experiencing difficulties in identifying the specific lines of code that it alleges IBM improperly contributed to the ...

In a statement released Monday, the Lindon, Utah-based company--which is embroiled in a legal battle with IBM over Linux--said it has received copyrights to Unix and will enforce its ownership of the ...

Open-source software has underlying source code--the instructions that programmers write--that may be freely seen, changed and redistributed. This contrasts sharply with proprietary software from ...

The copyright infringement suit filed by The SCO Group Inc. against IBM in March 2003 received the attention of the Linux community because of its potential impact on every user and developer of Linux ...