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From: Laura Sexton <mdopp@schwartz-pr.com>
Subject: SCO Owns the UNIX and UnixWare Copyrights
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 18:31:57 GMT

MEDIA ADVISORY
The SCO Group Teleconference, Friday, June 6 12:00 p.m. EDT

US:  1-800-946-0722
International:  719-457-2647
Conference code #:  746737

SCO to comment on additional significant developments 
regarding UNIX intellectual property

What:
SCO Teleconference:
*       Response to Novells inaccurate UNIX ownership assertions
*       Perspective on ongoing intellectual property issues and Linux
*       Q&A

Who:
Darl McBride, President & CEO, The SCO Group
Chris Sontag, Senior Vice President, SCOsource, The SCO Group

The SCO Group (NASDAQ: SCOX), the owner of the UNIX operating 
system, helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries
to grow their businesses. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO
has a worldwide network of more than 11,000 resellers and 8,000
developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable, localized support
and services to all partners and customers. For more information on
SCO products and services, visit http://www.sco.com

Where:
Toll Free within North America: 1-800-946-0722
International: 719-457-2647                             
Password to enter call: 746737          

When:
Friday, June 6, 2003
12:00 p.m. EDT, 9:00 a.m. PDT

Who:
Press and industry analysts interested in UNIX and Linux intellectual   
property issues 


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SCO CONFIRMS COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP OF UNIX. AND UNIXWARE. 

Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement Confirms Copyright Ownership

LINDON, Utah-June 6, 2003-The SCO. Group (SCO) (Nasdaq: SCOX), the owner 
of the UNIX. operating system, today confirmed its previously stated ownership of 
UNIX copyrights. As SCO has consistently maintained, all rights to the UNIX and 
UnixWare technology, including the copyrights, were transferred to SCO as part of the 
Asset Purchase Agreement between Novell and SCO dated September 19, 1995.  Any 
question of whether the UNIX copyrights were transferred to SCO under the Asset 
Purchase Agreement was clarified in Amendment No. 2 to the Asset Purchase Agreement 
dated October 16, 1996.

"This amendment simply confirms SCOs long stated position that it owns all copyrights 
associated with the UNIX and UnixWare businesses," said Chris Sontag, senior vice 
president and general manager, SCOsource intellectual property division, SCO.  The 
amendment was signed by Steven Sabbath, Vice President, Law and Corporate Affairs 
for The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc., and James R. Tolonen, Executive Vice President and 
CFO, Novell, Inc.  

The clause in Amendment No.2 in the Asset Purchase Agreement states:
A.      With respect to Schedule 1.1(b) of the Agreement, titled "Excluded Assets", 
Section V, Subsection A shall be revised to read:

All copyrights and trademarks, except for the copyrights and trademarks owned by 
Novell as of the date of the Agreement required for SCO to exercise it rights with
respect to the acquisition of UNIX and UnixWare technologies. However, in no event shall 
Novell be liable to SCO for any claim brought by any third party pertaining to said 
copyrights and trademarks.

"SCO is the owner of the UNIX operating system, as well as all of the UNIX contracts, 
claims and copyrights necessary to conduct that business," said Sontag. "None of the 
litigation we are currently involved with asserts claims based on copyrights. Because 
others have called into question SCOs ownership of the UNIX and UnixWare 
copyrights, we are satisfied that we have now proven without a doubt that SCO owns 
those copyrights."


About SCO
The SCO Group (NASDAQ:  SCOX) helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries
around the world grow their businesses everyday. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has
a network of more than 11,000 resellers and 8,000 developers. SCO Global Services provides
reliable localized support and services to partners and customers. For more information on
SCO products and services, visit http://www.sco.com.

SCO and the associated SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The SCO Group,
Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX and UnixWare are registered trademarks of The
Open Group in the United States and other countries. All other brand or product names are
or may be trademarks of their respective owners.


Contact:

Blake Stowell or Paul Hatch
The SCO Group
bstowell@sco.com or phatch@sco.com
Tel:  (801) 765-4999
www.sco.com 

Laura Sexton/Brian Willinsky
Schwartz Communications
sco@schwartz-pr.com 
Tel:  (781) 684-0770

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