Don't know the answer to your question, but last I knew the trademark (not the copyright) was transferred to The Open Group. They came up with a set of rules for what UNIX is and, as I understand it, for example, Linux is not a UNIX-like system, it is a UNIX system. (The Open Group isn't interested in implementations of the UNIX standard, only the standard itself.) Things change, and my information is a few years old. For all I know Elon Musk owns it all now. ;-) Marc On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 6:34 PM segaloco via TUHS wrote: > Did some reading today, curious on the current state of things with AT&T's > UNIX copyright genealogy. The series of events as I understand it are: > > AT&T partners with Novell for the Univel initiative. > > Novell then acquires System V and USL from AT&T. > > Novell sells UNIX System V's source to SCO, but as the courts have ruled, > not the copyright. > > Novell gets purchased by Microfocus. > > Microfocus gets purchased by OpenText Corporation. > > Does this make OpenText the current copyright holders of the commercial > UNIX line from AT&T. > > What got me looking a bit closer into this is curiosity regarding how the > opening of Solaris and the CDDL may impact publication of UNIX code between > System III and SVR4. I then felt the need to refresh on who might be the > current copyright holder and this is where the trail has lead me. > > My understanding too is that Sun's release under the CDDL set the > precedent that other sub-licencees of System V codebases are also at > liberty to relicense their codebases, but this may be reading too far into > it. There's also the concern that the ghost of SCO will continue to punish > anyone else who tries with costly-but-doomed-to-fail litigation. Have > there been any happenings lately with regards to getting AT&T UNIX > post-PDP-11 opened up more in the world? Reading up a bit on OpenText's > business, they don't seem like they're invested in the OS world, seems that > their primary sector is content management. Granted, there's certainly > under-the-radar trading of bits and pieces, but it would be nice to have > some more certainty about what can happen out in the open. > > - Matt G. > -- *My new email address is mrochkind@gmail.com *