ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

SCO–Linux controversies

Okay kiddo, let me explain something called the SCO-Linux controversies. There were two companies, SCO and Linux, that had some disagreements.

SCO said that Linux stole some of their computer code and that they wanted money from people who used Linux. Linux said that they did not take any code from SCO and that they didn't have to pay SCO any money.

This made a lot of people confused and upset because they were using Linux and didn't want to have to pay extra money. Some people even said that SCO was being mean and trying to take advantage of others.

Eventually, the court got involved to decide who was right. It was a very complicated case and took a long time to finish. In the end, the court said that SCO didn't have a good case and that Linux did not steal any code from them.

So, everything went back to normal and people could continue to use Linux without having to pay extra money to SCO. It was a big relief for a lot of people who use Linux.