k, I read through the ruling... that's a long and dry tome... much like a computer manual.. :)
The short and sweet of the ruling: - the SCOSource licenses were valid for "SCO IP". This means the licenses for Computer Associates and others, AND the Microsoft license only cover the intellectual property that SCO owns, so these are off the table with regards to Novel. - The SUN license (2003) was a little different. In this case, it "restated and expanded" an existing SVRX license that SCO did not have the right to. Therefore the Sun license was an SVRX license which Novel was entitled royalties for. However there were other points in the license that would not be covered by the SVRX agreements (the APA). So the judge has determined that this expansion of rights wrt SVRX constitutes one third of the agreement, which means Novel is entitled to one third the value of the license - or 2.5 million. - Essentially, SCO did not have the authority to grant Sun the rights that allowed them to open source OpenSolaris. So, to my non-lawyer eyes, this means OpenSolaris is now under legal limbo until Sun and Novel talk to each other and come to an arrangement. - Novel can request interest on the 2.5 million, and SCO can object if it wants. So this isn't quite over, but the fat lady has sung (with regards to the SCO vs Novel case at least), and now it's just paperwork (I think). - Legal fees are to be discussed separately. So, now maybe we'll see movement in the bankruptcy court, and in the IBM case. Shawn Shawn wrote: > For those of you following the SCO saga... > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080716182233901 > > Shawn > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
