The story so far: SCO has been making a noise because, it says, Linux -- a clone of Unix -- infringes its Unix rights. Novell undercut this by claiming that it still owned the rights to Unix, which it got from AT&T, and which SCO (formerly Caldera) said it thought it had bought from Novell. See the AP version of events. The CBS Marketwatch version includes quotes from SCO CEO Darl McBride, and ends with the interesting sentence: "McBride added that unless more companies start licensing SCO's property, he may also sue Linus Torvalds, who is credited with inventing the Linux operating system, for patent infringement." This man is clearly not planning to enter any popularity contests.....
Update: Clarification: SCO says threat to Linux creator was overstated [Thanks to Nick Miners for the link, posted via a comment]
* People who care who really owns Unix can read this: http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html Don't miss the colourful cut-out-and-keep diagram of the Unix family tree.
Update: "But wait! It's not the full COAK Unix family tree," as Charles points out in a comment.
