SCO, pariah of IT industry, got what may be legally damaging return fire from German Linux kernel developer, an email presenting SCO with formal notice alleging GPL copyright infringement was sent the firm this weekend. [The Inquirer]

SCO officers say firm is right in press conference. At same time, German court in Bremen grants injunction to Univention GmbH, German Linux integrator, against SCO Group GmbH, SCO German division. With forum comments. [Linux Today]

A German claims he has managed to look at SCO evidence about Linux, without needing to sign one of the very irritating non disclosure agreement (NDA) documents, via someone's mistake in a law office. [The Inquirer]

Lawyers for German LinuxTag association gave notice to SCO Group GmbH to desist from unfair competitive practices; notice maintains SCO is sowing uncertainty among community of GNU/Linux users, developers, suppliers. [Linux Today]

German Linux lobbying association LinuxTag may seek German court order against SCO due to threats against 1, 500 of world's biggest Linux supporters, all businesses, including IBM. [CNET News.com]

SCO warned firms that using Linux may cause them legal trouble, then shut down its whole German web site after Linux advocacy group LinuxTag obtains temporary restraining German court order. [CNET News.com]

LIVE Linux-Verband e.V., an association promoting interests of Linux users and software developers in Germany, is mulling whether to drop the German SCO subsidiary. [IDG.net]

SCO dealt legal blow in attempts to enforce its views of its Unix intellectual property rights when German court grants preliminary injunction; must stop claiming Linux is illegal Unix derivative or pay fine up to 250, 000 Euro. [eWeek]