ZDNet

Did SCO open Unix source code?

SCO says proprietary source code underlying Unix has been illegally copied into the Linux kernel. SCO critics argue that because the company shipped a Linux product under an open-source license, that ...
Network World

SGI compares Linux, Unix source code

An open letter to the Linux community published this week by Silicon Graphics indicates that SGI has conducted a comprehensive comparison of the Linux kernel and the Unix System V source code owned by ...
How-To Geek on MSN

UNIX V4 is back: I booted into the 1973 OS and it made me weirdly happy

I booted UNIX V4 (first C rewrite) in a PDP‑11 emulator. It feels tactile—no backspace, staggered print, slower typing, and ...
CNET

Microsoft to license SCO's Unix code

The software maker's agreement to license Unix lends weight to SCO Group's legal claims of copyright violation and helps Microsoft do battle with Linux. The software maker's agreement to license Unix ...
TechNewsWorld

SCO’s Evidence Raises Questions About Case

Responding to doubts about its claim that its Unix source code was illegally incorporated into Linux by IBM, SCO put some of the actual code in question on display for Unix conference attendees in Las ...
InfoWorld

Novell files for copyright on SCO code

Novell Inc. is re-asserting the claim that it, and not The SCO Group Inc., owns the copyright to the Unix System V source code that has been at the heart of a protracted dispute between SCO and the ...
TechSpot

Lost Unix v4 source code from 1973 recovered from decades-old magnetic tape

Through the looking glass: A half-century-old magnetic tape containing the only known copy of Unix v4 has been found and recovered by the University of Utah's School of Computing. The nine-track 3M ...
CRN

SCO Gets Unix Copyrights, Will Force Users To License UnixWare To Run Linux

In a statement released Monday, the Lindon, Utah-based company--which is embroiled in a legal battle with IBM over Linux--said it has received copyrights to Unix and will enforce its ownership of the ...
CNET

Open source: A nonproprietary world

Open-source software has underlying source code--the instructions that programmers write--that may be freely seen, changed and redistributed. This contrasts sharply with proprietary software from ...
ZDNet

Microsoft to license SCO Unix code

Microsoft will license the rights to Unix technology from SCO Group, a move that could impact the battle between Windows and Linux in the market for computer operating systems. According to a ...
Computerworld

Novell files for copyright on Unix code

Novell Inc. is reasserting the claim that it, and not The SCO Group Inc., owns the copyright to the Unix System V source code that has been at the heart of a protracted dispute between SCO and the ...