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Really? Where? I don't see it anywhere in your post

There will be no re-runs of yesterday. You're not worth the time.

BTW, the PowerPoint file for the entire SCO presentation in Las Vegas is out there now.

Also, it turns out that there was a judicial ruling on the copyrights in the old AT&T v BSD case, in spite of the fact that the case was eventually settled. The ruling came in response to AT&T's request for a preliminary injunction halting distribution of BSD.

1. Copyright Infringement
 Plaintiff claims that BSDI has violated Plaintiff's copyright in the UNIX source code and, unless I enjoin further violations, BSDI's continuing violations will irreparably harm Plaintiff. The first factor to be considered is whether Plaintiff has a reasonable probability of prevailing on the merits of this claim. 

    
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I find that Plaintiff has failed to demonstrate a likelihood that it can successfully defend its copyright in 32V. Plaintiff's claims of copyright violations are not a basis for injunctive relief.

The 'finding' was of course preceded by detailed legal reasoning as to why the judge reached that decision, but basically AT&T screwed up procedurally and allowed 32V to sit out there in the public domain for six years before realizing their mistake. It was totally cut-and-dried. AT&T widely distributed the stuff with no copyright on it. This was back in the days (pre-1978) when you had to actually put © on your stuff, or it wasn't copyrighted. By law, 32V had become public domain. Since that's the basis of the BSD code, there's no relief for SCO down that path.