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SCO Asks Judge To Give Them the Unix Copyright

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-promise-to-walk-it-every-day dept.

Raul654 writes "In March, the jury in the Novell/SCO case found that Novell owns the copyright to Unix. Now, SCO's lawyers have asked judge Ted Stewart to order Novell to turn over the Unix copyright to them. 'SCO contends the jury did not answer the specific issue before Stewart that involves a legal principle called "specific performance," under which a party can ask a court to order another party to fulfill an aspect of an agreement.'" Over at Groklaw, PJ is deep into a community project to annotate SCO's filing. It's for the benefit of future historians, but it makes amusing reading now.

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  1. Re:sco still alive? by zero.kalvin · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think this is the second coming of SCO.

  2. CLANG! by zepo1a · · Score: 5, Funny

    [clang]
    CORPSE COLLECTOR: Bring out your dead!
    NOVELL: Here's one.
    CORPSE COLLECTOR: Nine pence.
    SCO: I'm not dead!
    CORPSE COLLECTOR: What?
    NOVELL: Nothing. Here's your nine pence.
    SCO: I'm not dead!

  3. Hey Judge, while you're listening by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey your Judgeousness, while you're listening, I'd like a pony.

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  4. Re:Wikipedia to the rescue by inamorty · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does that mean that 2075 will be the year of the Linux Desktop?

  5. Re:sco still alive? by Mindcontrolled · · Score: 5, Funny

    That is not dead which can eternal lie.
    And with strange aeons even death may die.

    Just more evidence that SCO is an unholy abomination, an eldritch spawn from the depths, dreaming yet always on the verge of descending upon the Earth in a storm of chaos, madness and despair. Note the double meaning of "lie" in above excerpt from the necronomicon. Note also, that they used to be called Caldera - making their connection to sinister chthonic powers a wee bit too obvious for my taste...

    IA! IA! SCO FHTAGN! CALDERA FHTAGN!

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  6. They're the Black Knight of the Holy Grail by sizzzzlerz · · Score: 4, Funny

    All their legs and arms have been chopped off and they're still taunting the legal system.

    Running away, eh? Come back here and take what's coming to you! I'll bite your legs off!

  7. Define "No" by PineHall · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the Article:

    The jury was asked, "Did the amended Asset Purchase Agreement transfer the Unix and UnixWare copyrights from Novell to SCO?" It answered, "No," ... SCO contends the jury could have meant various things by its verdict that do not preclude Stewart from ordering the transfer.

    What part of "No" do you not understand?

  8. Re:And if SCO _did_ get it... what? by SharpFang · · Score: 5, Funny

    SCO: Linux violates our copyrights on UNIX!
    IBM: No, it does not. Not a single line infringes on UNIX
    Novell: Wait, what? We own copyright on UNIX.
    SCO: Your honor, we are unable to pursue the lawsuit against Linux infringing upon our rights to UNIX because we don't have them, Novell does. Could you force them to hand these rights over to us so that we could continue suing Linux?

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  9. Re:sco still alive? by CarpetShark · · Score: 4, Funny

    McBride was sacked in October last year.

    Besides the kick in the nuts, he was also fired.