| Red Hat files complaint against SCO, sets up $1 MM fund protect Linux |
Aug. 04, 2003
Red Hat today announced it has filed a formal complaint against The SCO Group, Inc. to reinforce Red Hat's technologies "do not infringe any intellectual property of SCO and to hold SCO accountable for its unfair and deceptive actions."
"We filed this complaint to stop SCO from making unsubstantiated and untrue public statements attacking Red Hat Linux and the integrity of the Open Source software development process," said Mark Webbink, General Counsel at Red Hat.
Red Hat has also establishmed a fund -- the Open Source Now Fund -- to cover legal expenses for infringement claims brought against companies developing software under the GPL license and non-profit organizations supporting development efforts under the GPL. Red Hat has pledged $1 MM dollars to the initiative.
"The collaborative process of Open Source software development which created the Linux operating system has been unjustly questioned and threatened," said Matthew Szulik, Chairman and CEO of Red Hat. "In its role as industry leader, Red Hat has a responsibility to ensure the legal rights of users are protected."
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