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Novell beats SCO - could Sun be next?
Blog It looks like the long-running SCO-Novell trial is over, and justice is served. Judge Kimball has upheld his original decision from last year, that Novell, not SCO, owns Unix. SCO didn't own Unix, Novell did.
[July 18, 2008, 15:26]
Novell challenges SCO's Linux claims
News In a letter to SCO released on Wednesday, Novell asserted that it retains Unix patents and copyrights, demanded that SCO reveal where Unix source code has been copied into Linux and raised its own threat of legal action to compensate for damage it...
[May 28, 2003, 7:48]
Novell: SCO insolvency 'imminent' and 'inevitable'
News Novell has claimed that SCO, the US firm conducting various legal campaigns over the Linux operating system, is about to go bankrupt. In a court filing, reported this week by legal website Groklaw, Novell claimed that SCO should pay it almost all...
[January 11, 2007, 13:41]
Novell criticises SCO's suits
News At the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco, Novell's Chris Stone scoffs at the SCO Group's legal battle against Novell and other Linux users over Unix copyright claims. He also discusses why companies are embracing open source and...
[March 18, 2004, 9:50]
SCO attacks Novell over Linux sales
News Novell's unauthorised copying in its use and distribution of SuSE Linux includes.the appropriation of numerous data structures and algorithms contained in or derived from SCO's copyrighted material. The claim is in an amendment SCO proposes to make...
[January 9, 2006, 11:00]
Novell claims SCO's Unix rights are limited
News Novell is seeking to undermine the SCO Group's legal claim against IBM with evidence that allegedly shows SCO purchased limited rights to the Unix operating system. In a letter sent to SCO on Friday, Novell lawyers argue that when Novell purchased...
[February 12, 2004, 13:25]
Novell defeats SCO in Unix copyright case
News A US federal court judge has ruled that Novell, and not the SCO Group, is the rightful owner of copyrights covering the Unix operating system, a ruling that should have a major effect on a number of lawsuits, including SCO's actions against Novell...
[August 13, 2007, 8:36]
SCO: Novell's Linux claim is 'baseless'
News Darl McBride, SCO's chief executive, and Chris Sontag, head of the company's SCOsource initiative to derive more money from its Unix intellectual property, plan to speak to what they term "baseless" Unix ownership assertions by software maker Novell.
[May 30, 2003, 15:07]
One up for SCO in Novell slander case
News A judge has refused a second motion to dismiss SCO's slander lawsuit against Novell in their ongoing Unix intellectual-property rights battle. SCO and Novell are embroiled in a fight over the ownership of copyrights to Unix and Unixware.
[June 30, 2005, 14:45]
Unix contract sheds light on Novell-SCO dispute
News A 1995 contract sheds light on the conflicting Unix ownership claims by Novell and SCO Group, with SCO receiving broad rights to the operating system but Novell retaining copyrights and patents. According to a copy of the contract seen by CNET News...
[June 5, 2003, 7:28]
Novell defends SuSE deal against SCO charges
Talkback While it is true that Caldera bought assets from SCO in 2000, and subsequently changed their name, Caldera was not there in 1995 when the Novell transaction took place, and McBride has only been at the newly-renamed company since last year.
[November 21, 2003, 21:42]
Novell defends SuSE deal against SCO charges
Talkback I find it really confusing the way the article uses "SCO" to refer to two completely different companies. The company that Darl McBride heads is The SCO Group (SCOX). While it's customary to refer to both of them as "SCO", this gets really...
[November 27, 2003, 2:36]
SCO opens new legal front against Novell
Talkback the lawsuit against IBM affected Suse directly,they are the only distributor that covers the IBM server range.my guess is that since Novell's acquisition of Suse,SCO might have decided to go for the jugular what with Novell pushing for the desktop...
[April 15, 2005, 10:58]
Novell claims SCO's Unix rights are limited
Talkback Why is this whole SCO lawsuits thing taking so long? If anyone should be suing for slander which is harming their business it is the various Linux distributors who should be suing SCO for launching all these never-ending no-hope lawsuits.
[February 12, 2004, 16:43]
Novell beats SCO - could Sun be next?
Blog Comment It's still hard to believe SCO did what it did and said what it said. The company's effectively destroyed, open source has been proven highly resistant to legal attack, and the circus long since packed up and moved on.
[July 18, 2008, 17:03]
SCO opens new legal front against Novell
Talkback I am at a loss as to why SCO cannot be restrained, at this time, by the justice system. Similarly SCO should not be able to threaten or extort (the suggested licence fee is excessive whatever the outcome) the LInux community when the facts have...
[January 22, 2004, 12:02]
Novell beats SCO - could Sun be next?
Blog Comment Never attribute anything to cunning which can be better explained by stupidity, and never, never underestimate corporate stupidity. What makes me really sad is to think of how much good could have been done with all the money that was wasted on this.
[July 21, 2008, 13:51]
One up for SCO in Novell slander case
Talkback And after the final judge decision Novell will counter sue, get the remains of SCO and find out juicy details in SCO's records. SCO will not win.
[July 4, 2005, 22:28]
Novell claims SCO's Unix rights are limited
Talkback The longer this drags on the more money the lawyers earn. At the end of it all I suspect that as usual they will be the only people to gain out of this charade
[February 13, 2004, 12:24]
SCO attacks Novell over Linux sales
Talkback He aint capable or running a buisiness(SP) he aint capable of making rational decissions He Dont deserve to survive SCO should be woundup to bring an end to there false accusations I am sure that if every Linux user donated £2.50 GBP we could...
[January 10, 2006, 14:34]
