Novell reasserts Unix copyright claim [LWN.net]

Novell reasserts Unix copyright claim

Posted Dec 22, 2003 20:48 UTC (Mon) by armijn (subscriber, #3653)
Parent article: Novell reasserts Unix copyright claim

Hmm, just a sick twist in my mind, what if Novell would go after Linux in a
few years because they got the copyright for UNIX? (Hey, no one expected SCO
to go after Linux about a year ago!)

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Novell reasserts Unix copyright claim

Posted Dec 22, 2003 23:25 UTC (Mon) by iabervon (subscriber, #722) [Link] (2 responses)

Chances are that it won't be Novell that does SCO in, but IBM, and IBM's
position is that there aren't any copyright issues with the GPL use of
Linux. So Novell would probably be going against precedent that says that
Linux is free of UNIX entanglements, and that trying to restrict Linux
while distributing it (which they almost certainly will be, considering
their recent purchases) is copyright infringement. Furthermore, there's a
lot more of Novell to go after than there is of SCO, so a GPL case
against Novell would probably involve lots of copyright holders looking
for money.

SCO is almost certain to lose the IBM countersuit, and this means that
there will be established precedent for beating up anyone who tries to
assert ownership of Linux.

Novell reasserts Unix copyright claim

Posted Dec 23, 2003 5:16 UTC (Tue) by fLameDogg (guest, #11305) [Link] (1 responses)

SCO is almost certain to lose the IBM countersuit, and this means that there will be established precedent for beating up anyone who tries to assert ownership of Linux.

You know, when you put it that way, it makes Darl's leading with his chin seem almost heroic.

D'ohl's leading with his what?

Posted Dec 26, 2003 9:50 UTC (Fri) by leonbrooks (guest, #1494) [Link]

That's not a chin! (-: