If you actually read this press release you'd see it was mentions content at:
http://www.sco.com/novell
I thought this was worrying for all you arm chair technology legal experts that want to boo-hoo my original response.
I know everyone here wants SCO to die, however, you've got to look at both sides. Who the hell knows what is true in this until the courts reveal the info.
Read this press release from SCO...their docs look equally factual.
SCO Reiterates Ownership of Unix Intellectual Property and Prepares to Press Copyright Claims
04:28 ET and Prepares to Press Copyright Claims
LINDON, Utah, Jan. 13 PRNewswire-FirstCall -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX) today reiterated its ownership of UNIX intellectual property, source code, claims and copyrights and has made all of the documents surrounding the companies ownership of UNIX and UnixWare available for public viewing at www.sco.com/novell . The Web site includes access to the asset purchase agreement, the amendments to the asset purchase agreement, and the joint press release that was issued at the time SCO purchased the UNIX assets from Novell in 1995. The press release confirms that SCO purchased the UNIX "IP" along with the UNIX business and source code, among other things.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990421/SCOLO GO )
The asset purchase agreement, signed by Novell and SCO executives in September 1995, as amended, states that all of the following transferred to SCO:
-- All UNIX rights and ownership
-- All claims against any parties relating to any right, property or
asset included in the UNIX business
-- All UNIX source code
-- All UNIX contracts, copyrights, and licenses
The asset purchase agreement provided Novell with a UNIX license, but with the conditions that Novell use the licensed technology only for internal purposes, or for resale in bundled or integrated products sold by Novell which do not directly compete with the core UNIX products of SCO. SCO believes that a Novell Linux offering is clearly competitive with SCO's core UNIX products.
Amendment 2 to the asset purchase agreement, also available from SCO's Web site, reiterates that the copyrights and trademarks required for SCO to exercise its rights with respect to the acquisition of UNIX and UnixWare technologies transferred to SCO. It also states that Novell may not prevent SCO from exercising its rights with respect to UNIX System V source code.
In June 2003, Novell publicly confirmedwith a press release, available on Novell's Web site at http://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/2003/ 06/p r03036.html , that amendment 2 to the asset purchase agreement "appears to support SCO's claim that ownership of certain copyrights for UNIX did transfer to SCO in 1996."
"Based on the asset purchase agreement, amendments, press releases and other publicly available documents, SCO has rights to all UNIX and UnixWare source code, legal claims, contractual rights, including copyrights, necessary to protect its intellectual property," said Darl McBride, president and CEO, The SCO Group, Inc. "Indemnification programs or legal defense funds won't change the fact that SCO's intellectual property is being found in Linux. SCO is willing to enforce our copyright claims down to the end user level and in the coming days and weeks, we will make this evident in our actions."
On the topic of Novell's recently announced indemnification program, McBride stated, "We believe Novell's indemnification announcement is significant for a couple of reasons. By announcing the program they are acknowledging the problems with Linux. Through the restrictions and the limitations on the program, they are showing their unwillingness to bet very much on their position."
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If you actually read this press release you'd see it was mentions content at: http://www.sco.com/novell I thought this was worrying for all you arm chair technology legal experts that want to boo-hoo my original response.
I know everyone here wants SCO to die, however, you've got to look at both sides.
O GO )
/ 06/p r03036.html , that amendment
Who the hell knows what is true in this until the courts reveal the info.
Read this press release from SCO...their docs look equally factual.
SCO Reiterates Ownership of Unix Intellectual Property and Prepares to Press Copyright Claims
04:28 ET and Prepares to Press Copyright Claims
LINDON, Utah, Jan. 13 PRNewswire-FirstCall -- The SCO Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SCOX) today reiterated its ownership of UNIX intellectual property,
source code, claims and copyrights and has made all of the documents
surrounding the companies ownership of UNIX and UnixWare available for public
viewing at www.sco.com/novell . The Web site includes access to the asset
purchase agreement, the amendments to the asset purchase agreement, and the
joint press release that was issued at the time SCO purchased the UNIX assets
from Novell in 1995. The press release confirms that SCO purchased the UNIX
"IP" along with the UNIX business and source code, among other things.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990421/SCOL
The asset purchase agreement, signed by Novell and SCO executives in
September 1995, as amended, states that all of the following transferred to
SCO:
-- All UNIX rights and ownership
-- All claims against any parties relating to any right, property or
asset included in the UNIX business
-- All UNIX source code
-- All UNIX contracts, copyrights, and licenses
The asset purchase agreement provided Novell with a UNIX license, but with
the conditions that Novell use the licensed technology only for internal
purposes, or for resale in bundled or integrated products sold by Novell which
do not directly compete with the core UNIX products of SCO. SCO believes that
a Novell Linux offering is clearly competitive with SCO's core UNIX products.
Amendment 2 to the asset purchase agreement, also available from SCO's Web
site, reiterates that the copyrights and trademarks required for SCO to
exercise its rights with respect to the acquisition of UNIX and UnixWare
technologies transferred to SCO. It also states that Novell may not prevent
SCO from exercising its rights with respect to UNIX System V source code.
In June 2003, Novell publicly confirmedwith a press release, available on
Novell's Web site at
http://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/2003
2 to the asset purchase agreement "appears to support SCO's claim that
ownership of certain copyrights for UNIX did transfer to SCO in 1996."
"Based on the asset purchase agreement, amendments, press releases and
other publicly available documents, SCO has rights to all UNIX and UnixWare
source code, legal claims, contractual rights, including copyrights, necessary
to protect its intellectual property," said Darl McBride, president and CEO,
The SCO Group, Inc. "Indemnification programs or legal defense funds won't
change the fact that SCO's intellectual property is being found in Linux. SCO
is willing to enforce our copyright claims down to the end user level and in
the coming days and weeks, we will make this evident in our actions."
On the topic of Novell's recently announced indemnification program,
McBride stated, "We believe Novell's indemnification announcement is
significant for a couple of reasons. By announcing the program they are
acknowledging the problems with Linux. Through the restrictions and the
limitations on the program, they are showing their unwillingness to bet very
much on their position."