The SCO case gets weirder [LWN.net]

The SCO case gets weirder

Posted May 30, 2003 3:48 UTC (Fri) by marduk (subscriber, #3831)
Parent article: The SCO case gets weirder

Okay, SCO doesn't own the Trademark; they don't own the patents, and they don't own the copyright. The only thing they might have is a breach of contract with IBM. But this has nothing to do with Linux or even Unix for that matter. With this knowledge I think a good move for IBM would be to acquire Novell. With that they get:

* Ownership of Unix source and patents
* Ownership of Novell's eDirectory technology
* Potential to break the Novell/SCO agreement where SCO get's 5% of Unix licensing
* Potential to prohibit SCO from using Unix source and patents

Wouldn't that be nice...

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Does SCO own Unix or not?

Posted May 31, 2003 0:52 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]

From the little I've seen, I'd bet on there being more truth to SCO's claims to own Unix patents and copyrights than to Novell's claims that SCO doesn't.

Ownership is not a precise thing, and I think we're just arguing about legal technicalities here. Like maybe Novell is the holder of record of the copyright but contractually assigned to SCO all the ability to profit from it.