In 2003 a legal fight came to the forefront between the SCO Group and Novell. SCO sought to gain licensing fees from Linux users. They claimed that a deal their predecessor, the Santa Cruz Operation, had made with Novell entitled them to Unix and therefore it was their legal right to collect fees from all Unix, including Linux, users.
Novell responded by revealing an amendment they had made to the purchase agreement with SCO which revealed that it was still the legal owner of Linux. They also announced they would compensate and protect all Linux users against the claims made my SCO.
Finally in 2004 SCO filed a lawsuit with a Utah State court. Novell soon followed with their own counter suit and sought damages in excess of SCO's net worth.
In 2006, Novell presented evidence that supported their claim that they were in fact the legal owners of Unix. The judge agreed and even awarded them a judgement that said SCO owed them over 2 million dollars.
Even though SCO won a partial appeal, in the end Novell came out as the winner and the legal owner of Unix. SCO even had to file for bankruptcy but not before they had to pay out to Novell.
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