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This is the case that never ends; It just goes on and on, my friends.... On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote: > SCO has been in chapter 7 for a while now, but they have been trying to > open their case against IBM: http://www.groklaw.net/**article.php?story=** > 20130425204940852<http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130425204940852> > For those who don't remember this case, The SCO Group is a company founded > by Glenn Noorda, who also founded Novell. The SCO lawsuits were a method > where SCO was trying to assert that they owned Unix, and were also > asserting that the owned Linuxbecause there was some Unix code Linux. The > SCO vs. IBM was the original case that started this. All court cases were > placed on stay when SCO filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Eventually, the > courts allowed the SCO vs. Novell proceed, and Novell was able to prove > that it owned the rights to Unix, not SCO. For historical purposes, The > Santa Cruz Operation was a company that specialized in desktop PC Unix > systems. They sold their Unix division to Caldera (a Linux distro company) > who renamed itself "The SCO Group". The reason I am posting this is that > has SCO been successful in court, they could have jeopardized Linux. PJ > (Groklaw) states: 'Surely SCO's "We Own Linux" scam must be in the top ten > scams in history, not just in Utah.' > > -- > Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> > Boston Linux and Unix > PGP key id:3BC1EB90 > PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90 > > ______________________________**_________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/**listinfo/discuss<http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss> >
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