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And we can blame it on Ralph Yarro. he even has a law named after him. On 04/26/2013 02:26 PM, Seth Gordon wrote: > 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
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