Basically this lawsuit boils down to who had the right to use the UNIX software. Everything started with a deal in 1995 where Novell transferred certain rights and royalties of said software to what eventually became The SCO Group. The problem then developed when SCO filed a suit against IBM claiming it owned Unix. Novell then stated that it never sold the copyrights and eventually registered several key Unix copyrights later that year.
This really pissed off SCO and they filed a lawsuit against Novell. After years of trials, appeals, etc. Novell finally won the case and as of a couple days ago now officially owns the copyrights.
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Brief, but I think you stated it all correctly!
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