In the high-stakes legal showdown between Linux users and SCO Group over whether that company is owed unprecedented licence fees, advocates for the free software last week showed no signs of blinking at their biggest annual gathering.
SCO, which claims its blueprint for Unix software is embedded illegally in versions of the free Linux operating system, is suing International Business Machines for billions and has threatened companies that they must pay to use Linux or face litigation.
But IBM and Linux distributor Red Hat fought back against Lindon, Utah-based SCO with countersuits, drawing cheers from Linux developers and users gathered in San Francisco for LinuxWorld.
IBM countersuit
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