SCO Redux

[C M Reinehr]

On Fri 18 July 2008 09:18, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> C M Reinehr wrote:
> > On Thu 17 July 2008 16:54, Bill Campbell wrote:
> >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008, C M Reinehr wrote:
> >>> "Ruling: SCO owes Novell $2.54 million from SCO-Sun SVRX deal"
> >>>
> >>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080716-ruling-sco-owes-novell-2-
> >>>54- million-from-sco-sun-svrx-deal.html
> >>
> >> I found the comments about the Sun Opensolaris licensing very
> >> interesting.  Now that the source has been out in the wild for
> >> several years, what will the effect be on Unix source?  Might
> >> Novell decide to make all of the Unix source open?
> >>
> >> Bill
> >
> > Sounds like something that will keep the lawyers busy for a while longer
> > (making them a lot more money), but how could you put the genie back in
> > the bottle? Presumably, Sun released the code after contracting in good
> > faith with SCO. Once released, how could it be called back?
> >
> > cmr
>
> How can anyone make any money on this?  What assets remain?  Are there
> any class action suits under way to try to extract money from the former
> executive officers and board?

I was thinking more of Sun's & Novell's lawyers arguing this.
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