[wslinux] Court rules Novell owns UNIX and UnixWare copyrights

[Diana Kirk]

Well, the fat lady sang yesterday for the SCO attack on Linux 
lawsuits.

Judge Dale Kimball issued a 102-page ruling yesterday on the many 
motions for summary judgment in SCO v. Novell. From the Groklaw 
article:

"Here is what matters most: 

    [T]he court concludes that Novell is the owner of the UNIX and
     UnixWare Copyrights.

That's Aaaaall, Folks! The court also ruled that 'SCO is obligated 
to recognize Novell's waiver of SCO's claims against IBM and 
Sequent'. That's the ball game. There are a couple of loose ends, 
but the big picture is, SCO lost. Oh, and it owes Novell a lot of 
money from the Microsoft and Sun licenses."

The full Groklaw article with links to the primary documents can 
be found here:

   http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070810165237718

Whoo hoo!

Happy trails,
Diana
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