Sun considers adding unusual provision to some Java licenses: Sun would agree to indemnify Linux-using licensees from SCO Linux-related lawsuits; using fear of SCO to help Java grow. [ZDNet CNET News.com]
Launches print ad campaign highlighting IBM license dispute with SCO, encourages IBM customers to switch to Sun platform; aimed at organizations running AIX, IBM version of Unix. [ZDNet CNET News.com]
Asian Linux seller Turbolinux is once again a member of the Open Source Development Lab, a consortium computing firms sponsor to improve the Unixlike OS. It had joined the lab before, but let its membership lapse. [CNET ZDNet]
The movie studio is claiming that many of the fan Web sites violate its intellectual-property rights and is demanding the domain names be surrendered. By Stephanie Grunier and John Lippman. [Wall Street Journal]