Appeals Court Overturns 2007 Unix Copyright Decision

snydeq writes "A federal appeals court has overturned a 2007 decision that Novell owns the Unix code, clearing the way for SCO to pursue a $1 billion copyright infringement case against IBM. In a 54-page decision (PDF), the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said it was reversing the 2007 summary judgment decision by Judge Dale Kimball of the US District Court for the District of Utah, which found that Novell was the owner of Unix and UnixWare copyrights. SCO CEO Darl McBride called the decision a 'huge validation for SCO.'" The case over who owns Unix will now go to trial in Utah.

Comments

Years of appeals

[assemblerex]

We'll be using quantum computers before the appeals run out.

Re:Years of appeals

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't forget you pay your $699 SCO licenseing fee, you cock-smoking teabaggers!

Re:Years of appeals

[Thanshin]

We'll be using quantum computers before the appeals run out.

Actually, quantum computers will be using us.

Which brings curious questions about the future and soviet russia.

Re:Years of appeals

[iCEBaLM]

In, or out, of Soviet Russia, quantum computers use you, or you use them. It's impossible to know until it is observed.

Re:Years of appeals

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, but observing it will change the outcome, just ask Schrodinger's dead cat

Hey! It wasn't dead last time I looked... Oh, my bad...

Re:Years of appeals

[spun]

Right, like we're all still pimply faced youths stuck in our parents basement with no romantic prospects. Some of us have wives now, you know, so... um... never mind.

Re:Years of appeals

[spun]

Yes, well, this is what we in the comedy business like to call a 'joke.' These are short anecdotes designed to elicit a laugh. Oftentimes, they are not literally true, but instead play on common stereotypes. For instance, while I did have pimples as a youth, I did not live in my parent's basement and after the age of 17, I did not lack for romantic prospects. But the 'geek' stereotype insists we all must have been awkward social losers, and the 'married' stereotype says that we married folk do not have sex, when in fact, even after nine years I am getting more regular and better sex than I did when I was single (and I was no slouch in that department, either.)

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Will they never die?

[mcvos]

It's like a zombie infestation. Didn't scientific research recently prove that violence was the only solution to that?

Re:Will they never die?

[Insanity Defense]

Did he say that before or after meeting a zombie?

After meeting politicians so pretty much the same.

Re:Will they never die?

[Rogerborg]

Didn't scientific research recently prove that violence was the only solution to that?

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" -- Salvor Hardin, Foundation (Isaac Asimov)

Yes, I'm sure that fictional quote will be a great comfort to you during the coming zombie apocalypse. You hippies need to live in the real world occasionally.

Re:Will they never die?

[Anonymous Coward]

"If violence isn't your last resort, then you didn't use enough violence." -- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates

Re:Will they never die?

[Anonymous Coward]

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" -- Salvor Hardin, Foundation (Isaac Asimov)

"The competent would have long since resorted to it."

Re:Will they never die?

[Anonymous Coward]

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

Of course violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. For the rest of us, it's waaaay before last. It's like third.

Re:Will they never die?

[thisissilly]

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent

Competent people turn to violence much sooner.

Re:Will they never die?

[Verdatum]

"HOLY SHIT, A ZOMBIE!! KILL IT, KILL IT!!!" -- Salvor Hardin, Foundation (Isaac Asimov) (Upon encountering a zombie)

Re:Unsurprising, but....

[Jason Levine]

Wait, isn't the world supposed to end in 2012? I can see it now: SCO will win the trial and the resulting warping of reality will cause pigs to fly, hell to freeze over, Linus to switch to Windows, human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

ObPython: "He's not quite dead yet!"

[Mjlner]

Prince SCO: "Oh, I feel much better!"
King Novell: "Your case was butchered in the courts, you creep!"
Prince SCO: "I was saved at the last minute."
King Novell: "How?"
Prince SCO: "Well, I'll tell you."
[music begins playing, the townspeople begin dancing and singing, "He's going to tell, he's going to tell!"]

Re:ObPython: "He's not quite dead yet!"

[dkleinsc]

I was thinking more that we should send the Crimson Permanent Assurance after SCO's offices.

Re:Blah, blah, blah.

[oldspewey]

I made a call to Microsoft's customer support to let them know that I will continue to use Linux on every PC I own regardless of how many judges they buy off.

I hope you realize that you took Vikram in Bangalore way off script with that support call.

Re:Groklaw coverage

[Anonymous Coward]

Wasn't there some line about SCO having entered an ass kicking contest against a monster with eight legs and no ass (IBM) ?

I wonder...

[jburroug]

I wonder if this SCO business will resolve itself before Duke Nukem Forever is released...

Re:Stronger than "Ordinary Nazgul"

[TaoPhoenix]

Nah, even the ordinary Naz aren't enough here. Companies as big as IBM always have a scary "Iridium Team" or such. You know, one guy is 6'11" with the eidetic memory who serves as the walking caselaw and the bombshell woman with the 228 IQ to run the speeches. They only serve one case per year and charge $666 per hour, but they end the nonsense.

Re:Blah, blah, blah.

[KeithJM]

I hope you realize that you took Vikram in Bangalore way off script with that support call.

No, although the guy did have a strong Indian accent, he said his name was Steve. He also referred me to his manager, (also named Steve, incidentally), and HIS manager (Steve, again). They had to be in the US. What are the odds of all three guys being named Steve in India?

No, fourth

[gr8_phk]

Of course violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. For the rest of us, it's waaaay before last. It's like third.

No, it's 4th. Just ask the guy with the "4 boxes to defend liberty" thing in his sig.