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"SCO will attempt to win its $3 billion case against IBM by arguing that the General Public Licence (GPL) is invalid.

"That's what a pleader at legal practice Boies Schiller and Flexner is telling the Wall Street Journal today...

"But according to today's WSJ, quoting lawyer Mark Heise, the GPL is pre-empted by US federal copyright law..."

Confused yet? Read the full story here. Looks like the prediction that the GPL will be tested was correct. Most people seem to think that SCO will not succeed iin this money grab - but they could leave a trail of legal wreckage even in defeat.