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Red Hat escalated the legal war over Linux on Monday by announcing it has filed suit against the SCO Group. The legal strategy, announced on the first day of LinuxWorld Conference and Expo taking place in San Francisco, will likely be welcomed by the open-source community. Lindon, Utah-based SCO asserts that some of the underlying code in Linux was unlawfully copied from Unix, the decades-old operating system to which SCO claims some intellectual property rights.

Earlier this year, SCO filed a billion-dollar suit against IBM for alleged copying of its proprietary Unix intellectual property into Linux. It has also sent letters to about 1,500 Linux customers, warning that they may be infringing on SCO’s intellectual property. Red Hat called SCO's actions "unfair and deceptive" and stated that Red Hat's software does not infringe upon any of SCO's intellectual property.

"We filed this complaint to stop SCO from making unsubstantiated and untrue public statements attacking Red Hat Linux and the integrity of the open-source software development process," Mark Webbink, Red Hat's general counsel, said in a prepared statement. "Red Hat is confident that its current and future customers will continue to realize the significant value that our Red Hat Linux platform provides without interruption." Red Hat filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court of Delaware. Additional details were not immediately available.

News source: C|Net News.com

UNDEAD CHANGES
Within the Tomb of Relics maximum stock for the Rod of Necromancy has been reduced from 2 to 1.

HUMAN CHANGES
Aerial Shackles damage has been increased from 20 points per second to 30 per second.
The gold cost for a Dragonhawk Rider has been reduced from 235/40 to 200/30.
Arcane Towers now deal Piercing damage, and have had their range increased from 700 to 800.
Animal War Training upgrade cost has been reduced from 150/250 to 125/175.
Long Rifles Upgrade now requires a Keep instead of a Workshop.

NIGHT ELF CHANGES
Spirits of Vengeance (which are summoned by the Avatar of Vengeance) have had their damage increased from 14-18 to 17-21.

ORC CHANGES
You no longer need a Fortress as a prerequisite to build Batriders.
Wind Rider hit points have been reduced from 600 to 570.
Burrow armor has been increased from 2 to 5 and damage has been reduced from 1d8+33 to 1d5+22

CLASSIC CHANGES
Anti-air creeps have been added to each Mercenary Camp in the map (4)Tranquil Paths (Reign of Chaos).
Wyvern hit points have been reduced from 600 to 570.
Halls of the Dead and Black Citadel attack cooldown have been reduced from 2.0 to 1.5.
The multiplayer custom map desync that occurs between Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne players has been fixed.

NOTES:
Replays are incompatible between major game revisions (1.11 replays cannot be viewed with the 1.12 version of Warcraft III). Custom save games will not load from version 1.11.