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The SCO vs. Linux Saga: 20 Years of Open-Source Turmoil
This lawsuit was once seen as a huge threat to Linux. It's mostly over now--seriously, there's still one lawsuit to go--but here's my take on the case's long history.
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Wow, all those lawsuits and all lost. SCO didn't stand a chance, but one question remains: why are companies, like SCO, doing things like that (eventhough they probably knew it were lost cases)? In a way it's a complete waste of resources (they're gone now), but it also gave the open source community new strengths and insights, like is stated in the article. Still, I'm wondering what's behind the reasoning to start such lawsuits. A way to make money?