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The SCO Group's argument that the GNU General Public License is invalid would also mean Microsoft is breaking the law, according to the Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation has harshly criticised a legal attack by the SCO Group against the licence that covers much open-source software, calling the argument "arrant, unprofessional nonsense".
Last week, SCO attorney Mark Heise revealed in comments to The Wall Street Journal that the company is planning to argue in court that the GNU General Public License (GPL), which covers Linux and related software, is invalid. The strategy is part of SCO's $3bn (£1.9bn) lawsuit against IBM, alleging that IBM committed trade-secret theft and breach of contract for allegedly copying proprietary Unix source code into its Linux-based products.
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