German Software Group Threatens Legal Action Against SCO

A German software group threatened to take U.S. software firm SCO Group to court if it did not withdraw from a worldwide attack on Linux, the free computer operating system. Linuxtag, a German Linux lobbying association, said it may seek a German court order against SCO this week because of threats made against 1,500 of the world's most important Linux supporters, including International Business Machines Corp.