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Title: Novell Claims Ownership of UNIX System V
Post by: System on May 29, 2003, 04:58:17 PM

Despite claims of ownership by SCO in the recent sale, Novell points out that SCO didn't own the technology, they just licensed it.

Novell Press Release (http://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/2003/05/pr03033.html)

Update: "The SCO seems to have threatened to sue Linus Torvalds (http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BC408959E-005A-4E93-9006-B32DCD1FCA22%7D&siteid=yhoo)"

Title: Re: Novell Claims Ownership of UNIX System V
Post by: Kees on May 28, 2003, 05:54:44 PM

One hurray for Novell ...

This will probably be the beginning of a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long .. trial ...

Title: Re: Novell Claims Ownership of UNIX System V
Post by: hagar on May 28, 2003, 06:08:25 PM

Lets kick SCO in the [where it hurts] and hope that they will behave in the future.

Title: Re: Novell Claims Ownership of UNIX System V
Post by: MarkTime on May 28, 2003, 06:11:03 PM

hey you know, I got my copy of Debian/Gnu Linux 3.0 the other day....maybe I should write SCO's lawyers and ask about licensing terms.... ;-)

Title: Re: Novell Claims Ownership of UNIX System V
Post by: bloodline on May 28, 2003, 09:38:25 PM

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hey you know, I got my copy of Debian/Gnu Linux 3.0 the other day....maybe I should write SCO's lawyers and ask about licensing terms....

If you do write, make sure you letter is well over 1000 pages long and give strong implications that YOU own some of the UNIX IP (but you're not sure what and you don't intend to tell them), and that you would like SCO to be paying you money... make sure there are several hundred refernces to documents which don't exist, but fully support your case... that should tie them up for a bit while IBM can "be the daddy" :-D

Title: Licensing not selling
Post by: DamienMcKenna on May 28, 2003, 10:44:42 PM

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Despite claims of ownership by SCO in the recent sale, Novell points out that SCO didn't own the technology, they just licensed it.

SCO wasn't selling UNIX(tm) to Microsoft and others, they were licensing it.  SCO's license with Novell from 1995 allowed them to sublicense it to others, but they did not own it and therefore could not sell it.

Damien

Title: Re: Licensing not selling
Post by: downix on May 28, 2003, 11:53:14 PM

@Damien

Sounds similar to AInc and the Amiga IP.  (Other than a single
trademark for AmigaDE, the remainder still are listed for Gateway)

Title: Re: Licensing not selling
Post by: dammy on May 29, 2003, 06:34:15 AM

Poster: downix Date: 2003/5/28 18:53:14

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Sounds similar to AInc and the Amiga IP. (Other than a single
trademark for AmigaDE, the remainder still are listed for Gateway)

SCO and Amiga Inc, what an interesting parallel between two companies heading for the boneyard.  Oh wait, Amiga Inc was threatening law suits last year, guess they are a whole year ahead of SCO in their death spiral. =)

Title: Re: Licensing not selling
Post by: alx on May 29, 2003, 10:55:08 AM

Latest update: SCO want to sue Linus (http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=3666).

Title: Re: Licensing not selling
Post by: zudobug on May 30, 2003, 05:04:30 PM

Some related news:

SCO: Threat to Torvalds overstated (http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1011263.html) (cnet)

Micro$haft's new Linux gambit (http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-1010057.html) (also cnet)

What if SCO wins? (http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t479-s2135363,00.html) (ZDNet UK)