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SUSE Requests Arbitration with SCO

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everyone's-favorite-bad-guy dept.

rm69990 writes "In response to SCO's amended complaint against Novell alleging copyright infringement, Novell subsidiary SUSE has requested from the International Chamber of Commerce that SCO be barred from asserting copyright over SUSE Linux due to the UnitedLinux agreement between Caldera, SUSE, Connectiva and Turbolinux. This agreement requires that SCO arbitrate with SUSE instead of filing claims, removes the copyright from any work SCO produced while in UnitedLinux, gives SUSE sublicensing rights to SCO's copyrights, and constitutes an SCO commitment that any code released under an OSS license in UnitedLinux remain Open Source. Novell has filed a motion to stay SCO's claims against Novell until the outcome of this arbitration. So now it looks like Linux users are protected both through the APA between Novell and SCO, but the UnitedLinux agreement as well."

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  1. Where's that.... by DoraLives · · Score: 3, Funny

    cool SCO logo that used to grace these stories? How you people expect me to find 'em without that nifty logo?

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    1. Re:Where's that.... by Frymaster · · Score: 4, Funny
      Where's that... cool SCO logo that used to grace these stories?

      it's sco's intellectual property. cowboy neal is working on a reverse engineer of it, though.

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  2. I dont see it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    RFA or am I spending too much time there?

  3. UL by Rinisari · · Score: 5, Funny

    I knew that some good would come out of UnitedLinux some day. *dodges flames*

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  4. Yahoo! It's Darl... by i_want_you_to_throw_ · · Score: 4, Funny

    McBride! The rootinest tootinest outlaw ever to rustle *nix code!

    Disclaimer: Yahoo! is a registered trademark of Yahoo!

  5. Re:Who are the REAL pros here? by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...will this be a feather in their cap with SCO on their resume or will they be seen as the bottom feeding scum that they are...

    Yes.

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  6. I know what GPL means by A+nonymous+Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gynormous Profit for Lawyers

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  7. Microsoft did bad things to you? by Kadin2048 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did Clippy touch you in the naughty place? It's okay, you're among friends here.

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  8. GPL v4.0 by tomcres · · Score: 3, Funny
    sneak peek at the beta of GPL v4.0...

    "...Furthermore, since software wants to be completely free and unfettered, it should not be subject to the legal process. Any disputes concerning software licensed under this agreeement shall be decided by a CodeWars competition. Best 2 of 3. And it must be a GPL'd implementation of CodeWars..."

  9. Novell hired the APA? by tomcres · · Score: 2, Funny

    It'll be cool to watch Farooq and Bradshaw kick SCO's butts!