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SCO officers said copyright dispute with Novell doesn't affect legal campaign against Linux, may
result in lawsuit, anyway, Linux dispute based on contracts IBM and many other firms signed with
SCO to license Unix. [ZDNet CNET News.com]
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-1011627.html
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SCO Won't Try to Block Merger But Will Go after Novell-SUSE When Deal Is Done
SCO could get injunction to prevent Utah neighbor Novell from shipping Linux, but won't try to
derail planned Novell-SUSE merger, at least not legally, SCO spokesman confirms. [Internet Week]
http://www.internetweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=16400208
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Scoring SCO's Legal Games
Critiques Novell history, praises SuSE buy, considers potential of SCO suit against Novell, praises
Groklaw website for legal analysis. [ZDNet CNET News.com]
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107_2-5110838.html
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Novell Deal Good for Linux, Bad for SCO
Analysts, industry experts comment on Novell $210m purchase of SuSE Linux: good news for Linux
community, shows firm unworried about fear, uncertainty, doubt around Linux after SCO legal acts
against IBM. [vnunet.com]
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1147514
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The Novell Letters
Text of Exhibits K and L from IBM amended agreements with AT&T for Unix. They are referenced in
digital documents but not seen on websites, because they are paper documents filed with court, not
in the digital records. [Groklaw]
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/08/08.html
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Novell Torpedoes SCO's Unix IP Claim
Novell has rebuffed SCO's claim to hold Unix copyrights and patents, claiming to hold them, and
discloses SCO has been begging Novell for rights to IP that SCO claims it already has. [The
Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/30910.html
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Novell Admits it Sold Rival Some Unix Rights
One week after claim to own copyrights for Unix, Cambridge software firm Novell was forced to
acknowledge it may have signed rights away years ago. Admission aids arguments of SCO, small Utah
firm claiming to own Unix. [Boston Globe]
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/158/business/Novell_admits_it_sold_rival_some_Unix_rights+.shtml
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Contract Illuminates Novell-SCO Spat
A 1995 contract sheds light on conflicting Unix ownership claims by Novell and SCO, SCO gets broad
rights to Unix, but Novell keeps copyrights, patents. Agreement called murky. [CNET News.com]
http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1013229.html
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A Couple of SCO Amusements
SCO claims to own Unix, but their annual report says SCO acts as administrative agent for Novell in
collecting royalties. With forum comments. [LWN: Linux Weekly News]
http://lwn.net/Articles/33975/
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Analysis: Novell Tries to Torpedo SCO Unix IP Claims
Novell upstages SCO earnings report. Another chapter in long ongoing saga between the 2 firms; how
SCO and Novell came to be at odds over Linux; industry analysts give views on SCO v. Linux.
[LinuxPlanet]
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/4818/1/
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CBS.MarketWatch: Novell Challenges SCO's Unix Claims
Quotes from article by SCO CEO threatening SCO may sue Linus Torvalds for patent infringement
unless more firms start licensing SCO property; forum comments. [Linux Today]
http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2003052901326NWKNLL
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Unix is Ours Not SCO's, Says Novell
Novell claims it, not SCO, holds Unix copyrights, and blasts SCO's intentionally vague intellectual
property claims against Linux vendors, users. Prove your allegations against Linux or take them
back, warns Novell CEO. [vnunet.com]
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1141227
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SCO Responds to Novell Claims
Press Release: SCO owns the contract rights to the Unix OS. SCO has the contractual right to
prevent improper donations of Unix code, methods or concepts into Linux by any Unix vendor. With
forum comments. [Linux Today]
http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2003052801226OSBZLL
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Novell Challenges SCO's Linux Claims
Novell letter to SCO asserts it retains Unix patents, copyrights, demands SCO show where Unix
source code is copied into Linux, threatened its own lawsuit for damages to customers, programmers,
firms using Linux. [ZDNet UK]
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2135291,00.html
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Novell Will Challenge SCO over Unix Ownership
Wall Street Journal reports today: Novell claims it owns rights to Unix OS; may cause problems in
SCO lawsuit against IBM and Linux community. Novell is ally of open source community. [The
Inquirer]
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9719
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Novell Accuses SCO of Extorting Money from Linux Community
SCO issued dual challenge by Novell today over who owns Unix System V and its intellectual property
rights claims, confirming earlier Wall Street Journal story. [The Inquirer]
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9724
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Novell Challenges SCO's Unix Claims
As pressure mounts against SCO and its crusade to protect what it sees as its intellectual
property, Novell, which once owned Unix rights, publicly challenged SCO assertions that it owns
Unix System V copyrights, patents. [eWeek]
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1110553,00.asp
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Novell Challenges SCO's Linux Claims
The 2nd in chain of 4 firms to own rights to Unix OS challenges legal basis of actions SCO is
taking against Linux and firms using it. Novell says it retains patents, copyrights claimed by SCO.
[CNET News.com]
http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1010569.html
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Novell Challenges SCO Position, Reiterates Support for Linux
Press Release: Defending its interests in developing services to run on Linux, Novell issues dual
challenge to SCO on recent claims of Unix ownership and possible intellectual property rights
claims for Linux. [Novell]
http://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/2003/05/pr03033.html
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Novell Douses Smoking Gun against SCO
Some open-source community members thought they had a smoking gun against SCO and claims to own
intellectual property rights to Unix OS, but Novell on Thursday poured cold water on that. [eWeek]
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1112253,00.asp
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Novell Calls on SCO to Prove Linux Allegations
Novell challenges SCO claim it owns copyrights, patents to Unix System V, and to prove that some
SCO Unix code is in Linux illegally. [ComputerWeekly]
http://www.computerweekly.com/rd/article.asp?liArticleID=122155
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SCO Says Clause Bolsters Linux Claim
Found contract clause may aid potential legal claims against Linux users; SCO said 1996 amendment
to contract by which Novell sold many of its Unix assets appears to give SCO claim to some Unix
copyrights. [CNET News.com]
http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1013865.html
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SCO's Second Amendment Rebuffs Novell Unix Claim
Army of paper shufflers working at SCO manages to unearth 1996 amendment potent enough to block
some Novell Unix claims. SCO says amendment confirms Unix copyrights were safely secured. [The
Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/31086.html
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SCO: Unix is Ours
SCO announces all rights to Unix, UnixWare technology, including copyrights, were transferred to
SCO, re-threatens to terminate AIX on 16 June. Novell still claims to own Unix patents. With forum
comments. [Linux Today]
http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2003060601826NWLL
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SCO Presents 'Proof' of Unix Copyright Claims
SCO again reiterated it is sole rightful owner of Unix System V source code, all related
copyrights. Copyright transfer issue is clarified in Amendment 2 to asset purchase agreement
between SCO and Novell, October 1996. [eWeek]
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1119770,00.asp
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