SCO, Linux' Worst Nightmare Is Back
The Utah court that decided a year ago that Novell, not SCO, owned Unix (SVRx) – although SCO was under the impression it had bought the operating system from Novell in 1995 – has now decided that SCO owns all right and title, free and clear, to UnixWare, which is merely a later model of Unix SVR4.
Novell, it said, has no interest in UnixWare; its ownership is limited to the old, outdated SVRx widgetry; and SCO has every right to license SVRx IP as a roll-up, incidental to UnixWare.
The court also said Novell couldn’t run interference for Linux and stop SCO from seeking royalty payments for alleged UnixWare and OpenServer infringement by Linux users under its infamous SCOsource licensing program.
Armed with that decision, it’s merely a matter of time before SCO starts seeking those payments.
The only folks that are currently safe from SCO’s demands are Microsoft and OpenSolaris users and the 22 individuals and companies like CA and Kellogg that bought SCOsource licenses.
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re: SCO
Not sure how this guy draws that conclusion - it's no even close to the summary that Groklaw is writing about.
This is Maureen O'Gara, long-time SCO shill
Maurene O'Gara at it again. SCO shill and Microsoft wench.
Reading the rubbish she spews out on behalf of her paymasters
is like rolling in a pig-sty. Avoid anything by her at if you
value your sanity, your freedom and your mental equilibrium.
--Simfox
Why Feed 'O'gara?
There are dozens of accurate articles out there. You only cite the disinfo.
re: O'gara
Number one: I was the first news site to quote Groklaw's coverage and every one else was a rehash.
Number two: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
re: O'gara
Susan, how do I read "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"?
Is it an angry AAAA?
re: AAAAA
It was a scream. Not a horror movie scream, more of a "if something something one more time, I think I'll scream" scream. No, it wasn't a sincere anger, more of a joking around pretend anger.
FWIW
FWIW, see:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080717055141696
"But someone sent me Maureen O’Gara’s latest, a very hilarious snip. She of course is warning that Linux end users are at risk, because SCO can now sue them for infringing UnixWare. Heh heh. Folks, they could have sued for post-APA UnixWare five years ago. In fact, that is part of what SCOsource was allegedly about. Remember? That’s the story. So it’s nothing new that SCO can sue over UnixWare. And yet, they never did. If you look at the IBM case, not one line of infringed code from UnixWare was listed by SCO. Would that be for a reason? Like there isn’t any? You think?"
Is SCO finally dead?
SJNV: Even though SCO has suffered another legal defeat, the company looks like it has enough willpower, if not sense, to keep its legal losing streak going.
On July 16th, Judge Dale Kimball ruled in favor of Novell in SCO vs. Novell and said that the maverick Unix company owed Novell $2.5-million for its Unix deals, and, oh, by the way, Novell, not SCO, really owns Unix. With no IP rights to Unix, it would appear that SCO's lawsuits against IBM, Novell, and Linux were done. Alas, the experts say "no."
Eric S. Raymond, co-founder of the Open Source Initiative says, "Sad to say, it ain't over. SCO is already saying it's going to appeal on a theory that it was entitled to a jury trial. Clearly, they think trying to get Judge Kimball reversed is an option."
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