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Temporarily shut down its website after local Linux user group LinuxTag e.V. received restraining
court order; SCO plans to reactivate the site soon after new design comes from SCO headquarters.
[Computerworld]
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,81784,00.html
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SCO Fined $10,800 in Germany for Linux Claims
Violated German Munich regional court ruling that it must stop claiming Linux source code violates
SCO intellectual property, nearly 3 months after order issued in suit by nonprofit LinuxTag e.V.,
IT consulting firm Tarent GmbH. [Computerworld]
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,84564,00.html
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German SCO Injunction Wouldn't Fly Here: IT Lawyer
Tactic used in Germany against SCO would not work in New Zealand, Australian courts. Open source
enthusiasts, led by lobby group LinuxTag, sought injunction to force SCO to show parts of Linux
with code from SCO Unix. [Computerworld NZ]
http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/22FF7932FFF9745BCC256D3C007AE438
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LinuxTag: SCO Must Desist Unfair Competitive Practices
Lawyers for German LinuxTag association gave notice to SCO Group GmbH to desist from unfair
competitive practices; notice maintains SCO is sowing uncertainty among community of GNU/Linux
users, developers, suppliers. [Linux Today]
http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2003052701226NWCDLL
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SCO Quits German Linux Group after it Sought Proof of Unix Claims
SCO resigns membership in German Linux association LIVE Linux-Verband eV, after group asks firm for
more information about its recent claims that some of its Unix code was illegally copied into
Linux. [Computerworld]
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,81403,00.html
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German Linux Association May Drop SCO as Member
LIVE Linux-Verband e.V., an association promoting interests of Linux users and software developers
in Germany, is mulling whether to drop the German SCO subsidiary. [IDG.net]
http://www.idg.net/ic_1316829_9677_1-5043.html
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Linuxtag: SCO Must Put Up, or Shut Up
German software group threatens to sue US software firm SCO if it does not withdraw from worldwide
attack on Linux, or present evidence backing claims of intellectual property theft by 30 May.
[ZDNet UK]
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2135317,00.html
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Group Eyes Linux Suit against SCO
German Linux lobbying association LinuxTag may seek German court order against SCO due to threats
against 1,500 of world's biggest Linux supporters, all businesses, including IBM. [CNET News.com]
http://rss.com.com/2100-1016-1010620.html
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SCO Stands Defiant, German Court Grants Preliminary Injunction
SCO officers say firm is right in press conference. At same time, German court in Bremen grants
injunction to Univention GmbH, German Linux integrator, against SCO Group GmbH, SCO German
division. With forum comments. [Linux Today]
http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2003053001926NWLLDV
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Court Puts Muzzle on SCO
SCO dealt legal blow in attempts to enforce its views of its Unix intellectual property rights when
German court grants preliminary injunction; must stop claiming Linux is illegal Unix derivative or
pay fine up to 250,000 Euro. [eWeek]
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1113018,00.asp
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Legal Action Hits SCO Web Site
SCO warned firms that using Linux may cause them legal trouble, then shut down its whole German web
site after Linux advocacy group LinuxTag obtains temporary restraining German court order. [CNET
News.com]
http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1012947.html
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SCO Slapped with Injunction
SCO, which warned firms of possible legal action from using Linux, has become target of such
action. SCO decided to close its German website after German Linux company LinuxTag got a German
injunction against it. [NewsFactor Network]
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21663.html
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SCO's Evidence Unveiled?
A German claims he has managed to look at SCO evidence about Linux, without needing to sign one of
the very irritating non disclosure agreement (NDA) documents, via someone's mistake in a law
office. [The Inquirer]
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10013
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Rechtsstreitigkeiten: Law Cases
English translation of German coder's claim to have seen SCO evidence about Linux, without needing
to sign one of the oppressive non disclosure agreements, NDAs, via someone's clerical mistake. With
forum postings in German. [Golem.de]
http://forum.golem.de/phorum/read.php?f=44&i=1869&t=1716
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Linux Kernel Coder Puts SCO on Notice
SCO, pariah of IT industry, got what may be legally damaging return fire from German Linux kernel
developer, an email presenting SCO with formal notice alleging GPL copyright infringement was sent
the firm this weekend. [The Inquirer]
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10018
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