http://en.redtram.com/ groklaw.net Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:57:51 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 37576 | SCO's Motion to Give Stock Options to 4 Executives http://en.redtram.com/go/149080465/top100/ 149080465 SCO has filed a motion [PDF], titled Debtor's Motion for (1) a Determination that Stock Options Granted to Executives Were Awarded in the Ordinary Court of Debtors' Business and (2) Continuing Authority to Grant Ordinary Course Stock Options. SCO says Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:43:13 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149080465/top100/ 37576 | For the Sake of History, a Novell 1994 10K: Unix source and UnixWare 2 separate products http://en.redtram.com/go/148986746/top100/ 148986746 Do you remember Darl McBride testifying at trial in SCO v. Novell in April that if you wanted to get Unix source code, the only way to get it was to license UnixWare and that UnixWare was just the latest Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:00:39 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/148986746/top100/ 37576 | The Apple v. Psystar Litigation http://en.redtram.com/go/148742348/top100/ 148742348 I've been getting email asking if I'll be covering the newly filed Apple v. Psystar litigation. Here's Apple's complaint [PDF]. I must tell you frankly that I was in the "a pox on both their houses" category, so I thought Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:42:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/148742348/top100/ 37576 | New Novell Deadline for Filing Brief on Interest, Judgment and Some 2003 SEC Filings About SCOsource http://en.redtram.com/go/148421929/top100/ 148421929 The parties stipulated to another extension on the deadline for Novell to file a brief describing what pre-judgment interest it wants from SCO on the amount ordered by the Utah District Court on July 16. The new deadline is August Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:32:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/148421929/top100/ 37576 | Interview with Richard Hulse of Radio New Zealand, on the decision to offer Ogg Vorbis http://en.redtram.com/go/147786087/top100/ 147786087 When I read that Radio New Zealand had just decided to start adding Ogg Vorbis files to their online offerings, I was curious. How do folks make such decisions? I surely wish everyone would do what Radio New Zealand has Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:40:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/147786087/top100/ 37576 | KDE Adopts Fiduciary Licence Agreement Option http://en.redtram.com/go/147437604/top100/ 147437604 KDE has decided to offer its code contributors an option to use a Fiduciary License Agreement that it worked out with FSFE's Freedom Task Force. It's a recommendation, not a requirement. It's a copyright assignment vehicle designed to ensure legal Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:39:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/147437604/top100/ 37576 | Hong Kong -- Here Comes Me Inc Software! -- and More Bankrupcy Bills http://en.redtram.com/go/146465236/top100/ 146465236 More bills, bills, bills in the bankruptcy, but it's winding down. But SCO is winding up. Guess where Me Inc Software, the subsidiary, is located? In Utah, or Delaware, or anyplace that the US bankruptcy court in Delaware or the Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:54:48 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/146465236/top100/ 37576 | German Court: SCO Must Pay a Fine. Yes. Again. - updated http://en.redtram.com/go/146161585/top100/ 146161585 SCO was taken to court again in Germany, by one of the companies that got an injunction years ago, Heise is reporting, and now it must pay a fine to the company, Thinking Objects Software GmbH. Three companies took SCO Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:40:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/146161585/top100/ 37576 | AutoZone Stirrings http://en.redtram.com/go/146067525/top100/ 146067525 Most of the attorneys who are listed as being involved in SCO v. AutoZone have been told that by the court they are in violation of Special Order 109, which is a requirement to participate in the electronic filing system. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:52:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/146067525/top100/ 37576 | Judge Lifts Restraining Order: MIT Students Win http://en.redtram.com/go/145815624/top100/ 145815624 Kurt Opsahl of EFF has just announced that the restraining order on the MIT students has been lifted:Today, Judge George O'Toole lifted the gag order on three MIT students who were sued by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for discovering Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:41:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/145815624/top100/ 37576 | No Further Appeals on OOXML? What About 11.4? http://en.redtram.com/go/145719847/top100/ 145719847 I've been puzzling over something in the ISO press release announcing that the four appeals against OOXML as an ISO standard, from Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela, would go no further. In the press release, it said this:According to Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:33:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/145719847/top100/ 37576 | More Bankruptcy Filings and SCO Predicts a Bright Future for Itself http://en.redtram.com/go/145346838/top100/ 145346838 More bankruptcy filings. And there are upbeat chirpings in the air in Utah, with SCO proclaiming its own future brighter than they thought it would be, and you can read all about it in Tom Harvey's article in the Salt Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:29:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/145346838/top100/ 37576 | Caldera Press Releases, 1996-2001 http://en.redtram.com/go/144931327/top100/ 144931327 SCO keeps changing its story of "infringement", and so over the years, we've tried to track all the twists and turns, comparing their allegations with evidence available on the Internet or in our collections. SCO made it harder when it Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:31:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/144931327/top100/ 37576 | Santa Cruz and its "Linux Strategy" Back in the 1990s http://en.redtram.com/go/144487904/top100/ 144487904 Here are some more screenshots for you, showing the real Santa Cruz Operation relationship with Linux before the modern day SCO Group began suing the world and its dog. Back in the late 1990s, Santa Cruz had what it called Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:25:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/144487904/top100/ 37576 | OOXML Appeals Rejected http://en.redtram.com/go/144118986/top100/ 144118986 I know it will not surprise you to hear that ISO/IEC have rejected the four appeals against OOXML. Here's their press release. Now what? Andy Updegrove: Under the ISO rules of process, this now paves the way for the as-adopted Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:38:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/144118986/top100/ 37576 | Status Conference in AutoZone Sept. 22 http://en.redtram.com/go/144118989/top100/ 144118989 There is a status conference scheduled in AutoZone for Monday, September 22nd at 9 AM. Here's the notice on PACER:71 -Filed & Entered: 08/14/2008 Minute Order Setting HearingDocket Text: MINUTE ORDER IN CHAMBERS of the Honorable Judge Robert C. Jones, Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:38:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/144118989/top100/ 37576 | OK. But What Does It Mean? (Jacobsen v. Katzer) http://en.redtram.com/go/143739738/top100/ 143739738 I've been getting a lot of requests to tell you what the appeals court ruling in Jacobsen v. Katzer means. Some would like me to simplify and just tell you the bottom line, so here it is, my take on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:58:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/143739738/top100/ 37576 | MIT Students Ask Court to Vacate TRO; Who's Who in Computer Science and Security Sign Letter in Support http://en.redtram.com/go/143411670/top100/ 143411670 The MIT Students have now filed their response to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Motion to Modify the terms of the temporary restraining order it got from the court. There is also a letter from a group of computer science Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:09:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/143411670/top100/ 37576 | Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit Overturns Jacobsen v. Katzer http://en.redtram.com/go/143411667/top100/ 143411667 This just in: the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has just overturned [PDF] the lower court's decision in Jacobsen v. Katzer, the model train case. It held that open source license conditions are enforceable as a Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:09:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/143411667/top100/ 37576 | SCO Asks to Extend Exclusivity Period Again - Hearing Sept. 16 http://en.redtram.com/go/143080557/top100/ 143080557 SCO has filed a motion [PDF] asking for a third extension of the exclusivity period. It wants 105 days after any final judgment is entered in the SCO v. Novell litigation. Since at the moment no one knows when a Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:42:19 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/143080557/top100/