On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:27:52 -0500 SOTL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Every now and then something is posted that is a must read for ALL computer > programmers. > > In the SCO vs IBM case IBM IBM has posted such a document as Amendment A. > > http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/IBM-1034ExA.pdf > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070425224227125 I read Groklaw every day, partially because the outcome could have a huge affect on both Linux and the entire OpenSource community. At the moment, I think last Friday's 3 declarations by Novell (Tor Braham who was the outside attorney who drafted the Novell-Santa Cruz APA, Allison Amadia, outside attorney who drafted Amendment 2, and David Bradford, Novell Senior Vice-president, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary). The issue that is discussed is whether Novell sold the Unix and Unixware copyrights and patents to Santa Cruz. All 3 state, with associated documents, that Novell did not and never intended to sell the copyrights and patents to Santa Cruz. But, not only as a computer programmer as well as a person that runs a number of listservs, I am well aware of copyright issues. One time, at Digital, we were instructed to remove IBM copyrights from header files and code (OSF). This was legal because IBM had transferred the rights to OSF members.
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