“[N]ow, after SCO went bankrupt; court after court dismissing SCO’s crazy copyright claims; and closing in on 20-years into the saga, the U.S. District Court of Utah has finally put a period to the SCO vs. IBM lawsuit,” writes ZDNet’s Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. From the report: According to the Court, since: “All claims and counterclaims in this matter, whether alleged or not alleged, pleaded or not pleaded, have been settled, compromised, and resolved in full, and for good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties’ Motion is GRANTED. All claims and counterclaims in this action, whether alleged or not alleged, pleaded or not pleaded, have been settled, compromised, and resolved in full, and are DISMISSED with prejudice and on the merits. The parties shall bear their own respective costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees. The Clerk is directed to close the action.” Finally!

Earlier, the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, which has been overseeing SCO’s bankruptcy had announced that the TSG Group, which represents SCO’s debtors, has settled with IBM and resolved all the remaining claims between TSG and IBM: “Under the Settlement Agreement, the Parties have agreed to resolve all disputes between them for a payment to the Trustee [TLD], on behalf of the Estates [IBM], of $14,250,000.” In return, TLD gives up all rights and interests in all litigation claims pending or that may be asserted in the future against IBM and Red Hat, and any allegations that Linux violates SCO’s Unix intellectual property. “While we’re one step closer, the SCO lawsuits still live on just like one of those Halloween monsters that just won’t die,” concludes Vaughan-Nichols, noting the lawsuit Xinuos filed against IBM and Red Hat in March for allegedly copying their software code for its server operating systems. “But, in this go-around, there aren’t many people in the audience.”

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Source: Slashdot – Last of Original SCO v IBM Linux Lawsuit Settled