Novell keeps Unix copyrights from Attachmate and Microsoft (theregister.co.uk)

5 points by sasvari 15y ago ↗ HN

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[dead] kryke 15y ago ↗

...but MS (and others) got the patents. I think that's what they really wanted, anyway. must have been a fun day for Horacio Gutiérrez.

tzs 15y ago ↗

The author of that is massively confused. First, the Unix copyrights ARE going to Attachmate, since Novell is not selling the copyrights and Novell is becoming a subsidiary of Attachmate.

Second, the article says Attachmate is selling patents to a Microsoft backed consortium. It is Novell that is selling the patents, before they become a subsidiary of Attachmate.