The SCO lawsuit against IBM over #Linux actually never quite died.
Another company, Xinuos bought the rights to SCO's intellectual property and kept the lawsuit going, in the hopes of owning a piece of Linux.
The zombie lawsuit had its first hearing in June. Lots more here: https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/06/zombie-who-owns-unix-lawsuit-comes-alive-again/5266761
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Matthew Sheffield
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