Eric on 29 Aug 2009 19:47:30 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] SCO Group is back in the news


LeRoy wrote:
> According to cnet news the SCO Group won a 6 year old trial against the
> Linux community and they have been given the opportunity for a new trial
> for the Unix copyright.
>
> One line from the article reads:
> The appeals court did uphold a ruling that SCO owed Novell royalty
> payments, though, according to a 55-page filing.
>
> The older members of this fine group had a fine discussion about this
> many years ago.
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10317242-264.html?tag=mncol;posts

Looking at the Groklaw take on it, it appears somewhat less ominous.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090824142203182

I suspect that any money ultimately owed to SCO group will go to it's
creditors since it appears to be in bankruptcy.

Eric
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