Appeals Court Reinstates SCO Suit August 25, 2009
In 2007, a Federal Judge found that there were no triable issues of fact regarding SCOs ownership of Unix copyrights. The Judge found that Novell, not SCO, owned the copyright to Unix. He also put the case on hold until SCO emerged from bankruptcy, for which it filed in September of 2007. SCO has still not completed the bankruptcy proceedings.
Yesterday, a Federal Appeals Court ruled that a jury would have to determine ownership of the copyright. So, while this case will be sent back to the lower court, the case won’t proceed until SCO emerges from bankruptcy.
This case is still a very long way from any kind of resolution, and the threat to Linux users, specifically private Linux users remains minimal, if not non-existent.
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