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    Another Day, Another Knockout Punch Aimed at SCO

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    Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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    December 5, 2006
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      Last week saw the end of most of The SCO Groups claims that IBM contributed Unix code to Linux.

      Now, Novell has filed a motion that undercuts all of SCOs contract claims against IBM, based on a “silver bullet” clause in the original sale of Unix to SCO.

      In its latest legal move against SCO, Novell on Dec. 1 filed for partial summary judgment against SCO in its own case. In this motion, Novell is asking the U.S. District Court to rule that the Unix APA (Asset Purchase Agreement), which sold Unix from Novell to SCO, gave Novell the right to waive SCOs contract claims.

      /zimages/4/28571.gifSCOs stock drops after a judge rules to support an earlier decision dismissing many of SCOs claims. Click here to read more.

      Novell had long claimed that it never sold Unixs IP (intellectual property) rights to SCO. This new motion, however, isnt connection with those claims.

      In the APA, Novell has what Mark Radcliffe, co-chair of the Technology and Sourcing Practice Group at the law firm DLA Piper, called, when Novell first made these claims, a “silver bullet” provision under the APA to block SCOs actions under these licenses.

      “This provision permits Novell to amend, supplement, modify or waive provisions of the Unix licenses sold to SCO,” Radcliffe said.

      “Novell also retained the unusual right to require SCO to follow its directions to amend, supplement, modify or waive these licenses and, if SCO does not comply, Novell can do so on SCOs behalf.”

      /zimages/4/28571.gifRead the full story on Linux-Watch: Another Day, Another Knockout Punch Aims at SCO

      /zimages/4/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms for the latest open-source news, reviews and analysis.

      Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
      I'm editor-at-large for Ziff Davis Enterprise. That's a fancy title that means I write about whatever topic strikes my fancy or needs written about across the Ziff Davis Enterprise family of publications. You'll find most of my stories in Linux-Watch, DesktopLinux and eWEEK. Prior to becoming a technology journalist, I worked at NASA and the Department of Defense on numerous major technological projects.

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