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http://groklaw.net/ This is the trial that was delayed because of SCO's bankruptcy filing last September. Essentially, this trial should determine who owns the rights to Unix. While Judge Kimball ruled in favor of Novell in a summary judgment, it is certain to come up in the next couple of days. Both Novell and SCO have agree to 10 hours, but that does not include breaks, conferences, and other things. This trial is really about what SCO owes Novell on System V licenses, especially based on the licenses that SCO sold to Microsoft and Sun. Novell claims that these licenses were issued by SCO in violation of the APA, and SCO claims that these were not System V licenses. The reason this is important is that SCO actually claims ownership of Linux since they claim parts of Linux (in SCO vs. IBM) belong to them under the provisions of the AT&T contract signed by IBM. This trial will probably establish Novell higher in the creditor status in the bankruptcy court. While SCO has publicly stated that it intends to appeal Judge Kimball's rulings, it currently does not have the resources to do so, and the 2 bids to acquire SCO's assets have been rejected by the bankruptcy court. While I don't think that any of the creditors will get much out of this, I don't think that SCO will survive to carry on an appeal and if another suitor, like York, does show up, would it be in a position to do so. Note that SCO still receives royalties on Unix, so there is some legitimate revenue stream that someone might want to buy, as well as some products and a customer base. Assuming there is no appeal to Judge Kimball's ruling that Novell owns Unix, it then becomes what will Novell actually do. They have already waived the rights in the SCO vs. IBM case thus lifting the cloud over Linux. Novell is certainly not going to pull the same type of thing that SCO (nee Caldera) did as they have invested much in their Linux business. Anything else is pure speculation. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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