From the Wikipedia article on SCO v. Novell: SCO v. Novell is a lawsuit brought by the SCO Group against Novell. After the SCO Group initiated their Linux campaign, they made several statements that they were the owners of Unix, probably meaning (though never explicitly said) that they were the owners of the copyrights of the original AT&T source code and derivatives. Novell claimed these statements were false, and that they actually still owned Unix. After Novell registered the copyrights to some key Unix products, SCO filed suit against Novell, claiming slander of title. On August 10, 2007, a major portion of the case (the fact that Novell had the copyright to UNIX, and that the SCO Group had improperly kept money that was due to Novell) was decided in Novell's favor. The court also ruled that "SCO is obligated to recognize Novell's waiver of SCO's claims against IBM and Sequent". After the ruling, Novell announced they have no interest in suing people over Unix and stated "We don't believe there is Unix in Linux". SCO v. Novell article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_v._Novell I think SCO came in, said "Hey we own Unix, pay up", and Novell came back and said "No, we do.", and Novell won. Now SCO owes royalties or license fees to Novell. Other SCO lawsuits (I think it's just a company of lawyers or something): SCO v. IBM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_v._IBM Red Hat v. SCO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_v._SCO SCO v. AutoZone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO-Linux_controversies#SCO_v._AutoZone SCO v. DaimlerChrysler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_v._DaimlerChrysler On 9/14/07, Jeremy Miller wrote: > Does anyone know what SCO actually bought from Novel? They must have > bought something big. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss