WAGNER'S WEBLOG: SCO's Linux lawsuit has more surprises than an amnesiacs' family reunion. Novell drove the latest development, releasing a statement on Wednesday that effectively says that SCO has no standing to file any claims that other people infringed on SCO's intellectual property because (says Novell) SCO doesn't own the copyright and patents to Unix.
SCO responded that its claims never rested on copyrights and patents, but rather on contracts, and that even if the claim DID rest on copyrights and patents, SCO does too own them. SCO in March filed a $1 billion lawsuit against IBM, saying that IBM illegally included Unix code that belonged to SCO in Linux. The company followed up with a letter this month warning big companies that they might be liable for Unix intellectual property infringements if they used Linux. Also on Wednesday SCO said it achieved its first-ever quarterly profit in the second fiscal quarter ending April 30. The company said it derived $13.1 million revenue from the sale of operating system platforms, while the remainder came from licensing Unix source code. -- Mitch Wagner ([EMAIL PROTECTED])(If you send me a letter and you don't want the letter and e-mail address published, please let me know.) The URL for this Wagner's Weblog entry is http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eMED0B2pQq0V30Bzpf0A1 ******************************************************** ----------------------LEADING OFF----------------------- ******************************************************** Novell Says SCO Doesn't Own Unix Novell challenges SCO's right to sue IBM and Linux users for violations of intellectual property rights. http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eMED0B2pQq0V30Bzpg0A2 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com
