We have all the transcripts from the SCO v. Novell trial now as text, a version with line numbers, so as to match the PDFs. I'll be writing about them one by one, pointing out interesting things, with versions without the line numbers. So you can pick and choose. Here's a calendar you can use, to find whatever day of the trial that interests you the most

Now that SCO has filed its appeal brief in SCO v. Novell, let's get back to the trial itself. We've already done the first four days' transcripts, and here is the transcript of day five, as text, of the SCO v. Novell trial.

We have a new permanent page, SCO Litigation - From Soup to Nuts a table showing the main events in all the SCO and SCO-related litigation, thanks to Erwan's creativity. Our hope is that it will help you to keep track of this very complex saga. Now that the SCO v. Novell trial is over, we could be seeing some action in the other cases, and this should help you to recall where they left off.

I thought it would be fun to look at Chris Sontag's testimony as a whole, instead of just covering the SCO v. Novell trial according to the particular day. Sontag was called by Novell on the first day, April 29, 2008. They didn't finish so he was back on the stand on the 30th, so I've cobbled together the relevant sections from the two day's transcripts to show you the complete performance.

This is the transcript of day three of the SCO v. Novell
trial, Wednesday, March 10, as text. The trial began that Monday, March 8, 2010 with jury selection, and it would run for 15 days, Monday through Friday, for three weeks, with the Hon. Ted Stewart presiding.

Red Hat and Novell stood up to a patent bully and got a favorable jury verdict in the IPI trial which invalidated some software patents that should never have been issued. It's hard to see how that's not a good thing for open source. It's also good that the particular battle has inspired discussion of the need for fundamental reform of the U.S. patent system.

Erwan has put together for us a chart of all the motions in SCO v. Novell that were decided prior to trial in the August 10, 2007 Order and the final two motions decided after trial in the July 16, 2008 Order.

The jury decision from the District Court of Utah ruled in favor of Novell, which could serve to end SCO's legal actions against Novell, IBM and the broader Linux community.

On Friday, at the trial in SCO v. Novell, SCO told the judge that they'd file their response to Novell's Motion to Allow Evidence on Monday. And so they have:Novell seeks to present evidence to the jury in the form of snippets of text selectively lifted from prior judicial opinions in this case.