"To Novell's knowledge, the 1995 agreement governing SCO's purchase of UNIX from Novell does not convey to SCO the associated copyrights," Messman said in the letter. "We believe it unlikely that SCO can demonstrate that it has any ownership interest whatsoever in those copyrights. Apparently you share this view, since over the last few months you have repeatedly asked Novell to transfer the copyrights to SCO, requests that Novell has rejected."1
--Novell Press Release, May 28, 2003
Lady Caldera
(to the tune of
The Beatles' "
Lady Madonna")
Lady Caldera,
stock price at your feet.
Wonder how you'll manage to
make ends meet.
Who has the
money? How you pay the
rent?
Did you think that
UNIX trademark was
heaven sent?
Wednesday morning news just like a
bombshell.
We all watch their stock
drop like a rock.
Caldera has learned kiss its
arsecheeks goodbye.
See how they run.
Lady Caldera,
IP fakes confess!
Wonder how you'll manage to keep up this
jest.
See how they run.
Lady Caldera,
lying in the press,
Blackmailing the righteous ones, in your
duress.
Wednesday afternoon is never ending.
Thursday morning news will be as bad.
Thursday night your stocks, they will need
mending.
See how they run.
Lady Caldera,
stock price at your feet.
Wonder how you'll manage to make ends meet.
1 "Novell Challenges SCO Position, Reiterates Support for Linux" (
http://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/2003/05/pr03033.html)
"Lady Madonna" (
1968) Written by
John Lennon and
Paul McCartney