SCO Tried to Gag Groklaw in 2004

Groklaw ^ | April 28 2007 | PJ

[antiRepublicrat]

This is a sorry tale for those of you who think the First Amendment to the US Constitution and freedom of the press actually mean something important. It's a story that I've just learned about myself. But it's a true story. SCO tried to gag Groklaw back in 2004.

It wanted Groklaw placed under a gag order, so it couldn't cover the SCO litigation any more. It also wanted Linus Torvalds, Eben Moglen, and Eric Raymond to be prevented from commenting publicly about the litigation.

I just found out because IBM has just filed its opposition [PDF] to SCO's motion to intimidate Groklaw or whatever that motion is literally called, about SCO wanting discovery in the IBM litigation opened up again to include my deposition taken in the Novell case despite discovery being over for more than a year in IBM. Oh, and there has been no subpoena delivered and no deposition. And IBM now clearly tells the court this about Groklaw and the proposed deposition:

[antiRepublicrat]

Wow, SCO tried to shut up Groklaw way back when, based on false information.

Interesting bit in the story for the conspiracy theorists here: PJ bought her space on Radio UserLand (commercial, no IBM connection) to post her Groklaw blog the month before Caldera (SCO) filed its complaint. That IBM time machine at work again.