It compared source code from the Unix System V release 4.1 software that SGI has licensed from SCO with a version of the Linux kernel released this June, SGI said.

The SCO Group is looking to push enterprise Linux users into compliance with its Unix license claims to avoid possible legal action.

The SCO Group has secured U.S. copyright registrations for Unix System V code and now intends to begin charging customers to run Linux.

"Certain copyrighted application binary interfaces have been copied verbatim from our copyrighted Unix code base and contributed to Linux for distribution under the General Public License (GPL ...

Among other things, this includes the ability to trace code from source to binary packages across both platforms, single sign-on support and unified project structures, including role mapping.

It supports comprehensive SBOM generation by consolidating insights from both source and binary code analysis to create accurate, complete software inventories.

Software vendor Novell Inc. said it has been quietly registering copyright for some of the same Unix System V code for which SCO registered earlier in the year, adding fuel to a protracted dispute ...

Microsoft once licensed Unix source code from AT&T, Unix’s creator, but that license ran out after Microsoft abandoned the Unix-related project that had prompted the licensing, Sontag said.