SCO Unix Intellectual Property Pedigree Chart

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Thu May 1 16:39:56 EDT 2003


On Thu, 1 May 2003 16:12:30 -0400 (EDT)
Bruce Dawson <jbd at codemeta.com> wrote:

> on't forget - patents trump ownership. In this context, ownership only
> applies to copyrighted material. If SCO is making patent infringement
> claims, then the problem is non-trival. If its just copyright
> infringement, then SCO is blowing hot air (unless there was some
> red-herring in the netware software).
This is true. However I was responding to someone who stated that SCO
owns Unix. yes, they apparently got the patents when they acquired USL.
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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