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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. Maybe... by JavaFTW++ · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Maybe now SuSe will be able to actually release a distrubution that doesn't need half it's packages upgraded oob. At least one would hope :P

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    I won't admit I'm paranoid...or the people listening will know they've won.
  2. Re:Who are the REAL pros here? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MOD PARENT UP!!!
    It is a hilarious response to an A/C who has been following Alex P around the forums. It is nice to see a troll put in his place...
    MOD PARENT UP!!!