Red Hat sues SCO

To great applause by all of the open source community, Red Hat today took the fight to SCO, which has been making grandiose claims and threats for weeks now, when they announced they are suing the holder of uncertain rights tot he Unix code. "The seven-count suit seeks, among other things, a declaratory judgement that Red Hat has not violated SCO's copyrights or trade secrets, Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik said at a news conference here. "We have asked the courts to declare that no violation of intellectual property and trade secrets have occurred," Szulik said. "We've been patient, we've listened. But when our customers and the whole open-source community are threatened with innuendo and rumour, it's time to act." The action is the most serious attempt so far to seize some of the initiative from SCO, owner of key Unix copyrights, in its legal actions against Linux. But SCO isn't relaxing: Chief Executive Darl McBride warned Szulik in a letter Monday to expect counterclaims." Round 5?.