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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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» SCO to Novell: See You in Court - 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]
» 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]