] Novell Inc. today forcefully joined the tumult
] surrounding Unix and Linux by challenging The SCO Group
] Inc. to essentially put up or shut up over its
] allegations that some of SCO's Unix code has illegally
] made its way into Linux.
]
] In a letter on its Web site from Novell CEO and President
] Jack Messman, the Provo, Utah-based company lashed out by
] challenging SCO's assertion that it owns the copyrights
] and patents to Unix System V. Novell, which had earlier
] acquired the Unix systems business of AT&T Corp., broke
] up and sold its Unix properties in 1994 and 1995. One of
] those deals was with the former Santa Cruz Operation,
] which was bought by Caldera International Inc. and later
] became The SCO Group.

More SCO vs the world flak.

Novell calls on SCO to prove allegations about Linux - Computerworld