| Will SCO EVER give it up??? |
| Posted: JP @ Tue Jun 15, 2025 4:29 pm |
| Quote: | SCO & Novell: Game, set and match
Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah finally granted Novell's request for declaratory judgment and ruled against SCO's last frantic attempts to keep any of its claims going. Or, to quote Pamela Jones, editor of Groklaw and top expert on SCO's endless anti-Linux lawsuits: "The door has slammed shut on the SCO litigation machine."
It only took seven years to put an end to a case that never had any basis in reality in the first place. In its last-gasp attempt, SCO demanded a new trial on the basis that the "jury simply got it wrong" when it ruled in late March that SCO has no rights whatsoever to Unix's IP (intellectual property). But, as Judge Ted Stewart wrote in his memorandum (PDF) denying SCO's demand for a new trial, "The jury could have rejected the testimony of SCO's witnesses for a number of reasons, including their lack of involvement in drafting the APA (Asset Purchase Agreement), the fact that there was little testimony on any actual discussions concerning the transfer of copyrights, or that many of the witnesses had a financial interest in the litigation." Therefore, "The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case forthwith."
Of course, SCO could still appeal even this result, but there's no longer any real point in SCO fighting on. The facts of the case are now established in the court's decisions. There's nothing of substance left to fight over. |
Clik 
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