● 08.10.07

●● Groklaw: SCO is Toast, Novell owns Unix Copyrights

Posted in Courtroom, Microsoft, Novell, SCO, SUN at 5:40 pm by Shane Coyle

Head on over to Groklaw for the scoop and detailed analysis, but the short of it is that Judge Kimball has issued a ruling on some of the summary judgments in SCO v Novell, and it is not good if you are a fan of SCO:

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Hot off the presses: Judge Dale Kimball has issued a 102-page ruling [PDF] on the numerous summary judgment motions in SCO v. Novell. Here is what matters most: [T]he court concludes that Novell is the owner of the UNIX and UnixWare Copyrights.

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That’s Aaaaall, Folks! The court also ruled that “SCO is obligated to recognize Novell’s waiver of SCO’s claims against IBM and Sequent”. That’s the ball game. There are a couple of loose ends, but the big picture is, SCO lost. Oh, and it owes Novell a lot of money from the Microsoft and Sun licenses.

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Of course, we all know that the writing has been on the wall for SCO for some time, that’s why Microsoft took to selling their Linux Right-to-Use Patent Licenses directly – and to more people than just Sun.

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