Judge: Novell owns intellectual property in Linux case ( SCO Responds)

MarketWatch ^ | 8:59 PM ET Aug 10, 2007 | MarketWatch Staff

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A federal judge's ruling Friday may help proponents of Linux open-source software sidestep a significant legal threat.

SCO Group Inc. does not own the copyright to Unix operating-system software, as it had claimed, and Novell Inc. is the proper owner, U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball said in a filing in federal court in Utah. SCO Group had sued Novell in 2004 for falsely claiming ownership of Unix.

In 2003, SCO Group filed a high-profile lawsuit against International Business Machines Corp. for contributing code to Linux open-source software that it said included some of SCO's Unix-related intellectual property. SCO claimed to have purchased rights to Unix from Novell in 1995.

That 2003 suit against IBM which has not been resolved, raised questions about the potential for other Linux proponents, such as distributor Red Hat Inc. to face similar legal claims

But in the ruling Friday, Kimball said that "the court concludes that Novell is the owner of the Unix and UnixWare copyrights."

Kimball added that Novell may now direct SCO Group to "waive its claims against IBM."

[Golden Eagle]

Well good, apparently you hadn’t told him yet, as you just claimed, but years late is better than never. But you can’t expect to go back to bashing other Christians constantly right after you question him once can you? If you want to truly take the cross on your back you need to focus on those who purposefully deny God, not buddy up to them all but once a lifetime.

[antiRepublicrat]

Are you under any misconception as to where I think non-Christians including yourself will go after the final judgment?

None at all. Of course, according to South Park, the correct answer is "Mormon." :)

[antiRepublicrat]

Well good, apparently you hadn’t told him yet

A very long time ago, N3WBI3 post a link to his web site. That told me all I need to know, in addition to his FR page. I'm not ignorant of the subjects I discuss. You should take a hint from that.