SCO’s Linux Claims Are Dead — Long Live Linux! August 13, 2007
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Some questionable endeavors deserve to fail. Some are so dastardly that they deserve to fail in a spectacular manner — with disastrous consequences for those engaged in it. SCO’s anti-Linux lawsuits against Novell and IBM fall into the latter category. Not only is it right for SCO’s claims to be dismissed, SCO should be made to pay dearly for its outrageous attempts to act as the attack dog.
Happily, that’s what seems to be happening. Last Friday, in “Court Rules: Novell owns the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights! Novell has right to waive!”, Groklaw reported that U.S. District Court Judge Dale Kimball ruled that Novell owns the intellectual property (IP) for Unix, effectively obliterating SCO’s claims not only against Novell but also against IBM. Computerworld also reported the story in “Novell wins rights to Unix copyrights.”
