Russell Hires can't seem to post, but here's his reply to the SCO thread...
Begin forwarded message:
> *From: *Russell Hires <rhires@earthlink.net <mailto:rhires@earthlink.net>>
> *Date: *August 12, 2007 7:53:49 PM EDT
> *To: *slug@nks.net <mailto:slug@nks.net>
> *Subject: **[SLUG] SCO Loses*
>
>> Well, I think that the practical effect of this ruling is that Novell
>> has the right to give away their code. It's a genie out of the
>> bottle, since they freely gave it away...MS can't just take it back...
>>
>> Russell
>>
>> On Aug 12, 2007, at 7:42 AM, William Coulter wrote:
>>
>>> Now that Novell is the owner of UNIX or UNIXWARE what kind of effect
>>> will the deal with MS have on us? What if Novell should go under
>>> and MS buys Novell out. What happeneds with UNIX or LINUX?
>>>
>>> William
>>>
>>> On 8/12/07, *xcalibre* <xcalibre@mindspring.com
>>> <mailto:xcalibre@mindspring.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> So this means that everyone SCO tried to sue such as
>>> Advanced/Discount Auto Parts can now counter sue for all funds
>>> SCO sued them for... Not to mention everyone else jump back at
>>> them... Also Darl should put his head between his legs and kiss
>>> his but good bye from being the blundering idiot...
>>>
>>> If they own Dr.Dos they better sell it and try to get into
>>> selling Avon...
>>>
>>> LOL...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> >From: michael hast <evylrobot19@cox.net
>>> <mailto:evylrobot19@cox.net>>
>>> >Sent: Aug 11, 2007 7:14 AM
>>> >To: slug@nks.net <mailto:slug@nks.net>
>>> >Subject: Re: [SLUG] SCO Looses
>>> >
>>> >SOTL wrote:
>>> >> Groklaw
>>> >> http://www.groklaw.net/
>>> >>
>>> >> Court Rules: Novell owns the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights!
>>> Novell has right to
>>> >> waive!
>>> >> Friday, August 10 2007 @ 04:52 PM EDT
>>> >>
>>> >> Hot off the presses: Judge Dale Kimball has issued a
>>> 102-page ruling [PDF]
>>> >> on the numerous summary judgment motions in SCO v. Novell.
>>> Here it is as
>>> >> text. Here is what matters most:
>>> >> [T]he court concludes that Novell is the owner of the UNIX
>>> and UnixWare
>>> >> Copyrights.
>>> >> That's Aaaaall, Folks! The court also ruled that "SCO is
>>> obligated to
>>> >> recognize Novell's waiver of SCO's claims against IBM and
>>> Sequent". That's
>>> >> the ball game. There are a couple of loose ends, but the big
>>> picture is, SCO
>>> >> lost. Oh, and it owes Novell a lot of money from the
>>> Microsoft and Sun
>>> >> licenses.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >Wow. I didn't see that coming for some reason.
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