to clarify: not saying DR DOS is FOSS, but Novell/Linux have a strong association. On 9/14/07, David Munson wrote: > Yeah, when Novell acquired DR DOS, they inherited that lawsuit. > Interesting stuff. No wonder MS hates FOSS, it's been giving them > problems for years! > > On 9/14/07, keith smith wrote: > > I seem to recall the founder of Caldera was a higher up or co-founder of > > Novell. He took Dr DOS with him. > > > > He was successful in suing M$ for killing DOS with their claims of an > > integrated DOS/Win95 which he proved false by pealing Win95 off DOS and > > placing win95 onto DR DOS. The old DOS/Win31config. > > > > I seem to recall he got $200MILL. Of course M$ went on to make something > > like 40Bill. > > > > Maybe that is how this crazy stuff started! > > > > > > > > David Munson wrote: > > The following should not be used in a court of law, but it is fact as > > far as I am able to determine. > > > > If by SCO you mean The SCO Group (Darl & Co), then yes. Here's why: > > > > Santa Cruz Operations (Old SCO) sold pretty much everything to Caldera > > in 2001, and Old SCO became Tarantella, Inc, since that was all they > > did now. Bye-bye Old SCO. > > > > Caldera changed their name to The SCO Group as a result of this > > purchase. Anything owned by Caldera therefore is now property of The > > SCO Group (New SCO, same company, new name). > > > > There were multiple developers of S5 platforms/products, Old SCO was > > one of them. Old SCO probably developed it, so in all likelyhood it > > went to Caldera, and thus New SCO. > > > > On 9/14/07, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > > Does anyone know if SCO would own software copyrighted by Caldera from > > > 2001-2002? > > > > > > Copyright(C) Caldera International Inc. 2001-2002. All rights reserved. > > > > > > I am working on PCC which was shipped with System V Release 2 (I think) in > > > early 1980's and was started in 1970's. It now has those 2001-2002 Caldera > > > copyrights. > > > > > > See the grant of the fee free license at > > > > > http://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/Caldera-license.txt > > > > > > Did Caldera really own that software? Does SCO own it now? > > > > > > I am trying to figure out the timeline and ownership of all this since I > > > am also looking at a nroff based on that code. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ > > Keith Smith > > (480) 584-4772 > > PHP Programming > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows > > on Yahoo! TV. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss