Novell won a software copyright trial against SCO Group on Tuesday, ending a seven-year war that ignited the religious passions of open-source programmers. Represented by Morrison & Foerster and Workman Nydegger, Novell persuaded a Utah federal jury that Novell -- and not SCO -- owns the rights to the Unix operating system. "It was really the first suit, and I think to date one of the only suits, about an open source being infringing," said Heather Meeker, an open-source expert at Greenberg Traurig.
March 31, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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Novell Inc. won a software copyright trial against SCO Group Inc. on Tuesday, ending a seven-year war that ignited the religious passions of open-source programmers.
Represented by Morrison & Foerster and Workman Nydegger, Novell persuaded a Utah federal jury that Novell — and not SCO — owns the rights to the Unix operating system.
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