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Posted by: Dan Clayton (Monday 1 August 2005, 11:00 PM)

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I'm not sure about the EU but it is pretty clear Novell owns most copyrights to UNIX in the US if those are still valid. In fact SCO will be forced to pass on their improperly processed license fees to the real copyright owner. It is not clear whether SCO continue operation after passing on the fees SCO had collected for the legitimate copyright holder. This is so funny, it is like a paperboy trying to sell the newspaper company instead of the morning paper. I would not be surprised to see some SCO officials in prison before this is over and maybe a shyster lawyer or two as well.

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