Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Novell owns the Unix Copyrights

I'm surprised that I haven't seen much about this in the Linux and Open Source blogs that I follow. I know most of us have realized for a long time that SCO had no legitimate claims to the Copyrights on Linux but the recent ruling in the SCO v Novell case is very important to those of us that love Linux. Thanks largely to Novell for not backing down to SCO and to Groklaw for their fantastic coverage of all of the trials.

http://www.groklaw.net/index.php

http://www.novell.com/news/press/utah-jury-confirms-novell-has-ownership-of-unix-copyrights/

http://www.pcworld.com/article/192955/jury_sides_with_novell_in_longrunning_sco_battle.html

(good job doing your homework there pcworld. the trial was in Utah, not Nevada)

http://www.ciol.com/Developer/Open-Source/News-Reports/Novell-owns-UNIX-copyright/134456/0/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11424_3-20001527-90.html

http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_14786202