Novell reasserts Unix copyright claim

Novell reasserts Unix copyright claim

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.