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On Saturday 11 August 2007 22:10, trewornan wrote: > Whilst I'm sure we're all happy to see SCO getting > slapped down this isn't cause for celebration. > > The ruling establishes that Novell owns the Unix IP > (whatever that may be) and not SCO, which is of little > interest to Linux. > > The IBM case is the important one which may not now go > to trail - where I was hoping Linux would be cleared > of containing Unix IP (as far as any remains). While we are software patent free this is irrelevant. Its unlikely that even M$ would now actually go to court over Linux containing Unix IP - the case has shown that its clean. Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html