[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
“Silicon Graphics Inc says that it has received notice from SCO
Group Inc that the Unix vendor intends to terminate its Unix System
V license on the basis that SGI has breached the terms of the
license.“The move by Lindon, Utah-based SCO is the latest twist in its
long-running claims that code from its Unix System V has been
copied into the Linux operating system. The company has also
terminated the Unix licenses of IBM Corp, sued IBM for $3bn for
breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets, and
maintained that Linux users need to license its Unix intellectual
property to avoid potential litigation.“SCO’s notice to terminate SGI’s Unix license was revealed in
Mountain View, California-based SGI’s annual 10-K filing. ‘We
recently received a notice from SCO Group stating its intention to
terminate our fully paid license to certain Unix-related code,
under which we distribute our Irix operating system, on the basis
that we have breached the terms of such license,’ said the
company…”