UXinuos wafaka isimangalo kwiZiqithi zaseVirgin zase-US ukutyhola ubusela bepropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda kunye nokungqubana kwemarike yokuthengisa abamangalelwa abadibeneyo IBM kunye ne-Red Hat. Xinuos yasekwa ngokusebenzisa asethi SCO Group malunga neminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo phantsi kwegama UnXis kwaye ngelo xesha, owangena ezihlangwini SCO wayengenamdla ekuqhubekeni yokugqibela ingxabano elide phezu Linux. Amabango elungelo lokushicilela ngoku sele engaphaya kweminyaka eli-17 ubudala kwaye asoloko ejongelwa phantsi.
I-Xinuos yinkampani ethenge iintsalela zeQela le-SCO ngo-2011. IQela le-SCO, okwangoku, Yinkampani edumileyo hayi ngeemveliso zayo, kodwa ngenxa yesimangalo sayo ngokuchasene ne-IBM kunye neLinux. Ngo-2001, i-SCO, inkampani ye-Unix, yajoyina i-Caldera, inkampani ye-Linux, ukuze yenze into ebekufanele ibe yimbangi enkulu kwi-Red Hat. Endaweni yoko, kwiminyaka emibini kamva, i-SCO yamangalela i-IBM kuhlaselo olusemthethweni lweLinux.
Ngo-2003, i-SCO Group yafaka isikhalazo esifanayo kwi-intellectual property ngokuchasene ne-Xinuos. Yaxoxa ukuba i-SCO Group inamalungelo omthombo wekhowudi ye-AT&T ye-Unix kunye ne-UnixWare iinkqubo zokusebenza, ukuba i-Linux 2.4.x kunye ne-2.5.x yayiziinveli ezingagunyaziswanga ze-Unix, kwaye i-IBM yophule izibophelelo zayo zekhontrakthi ngokusasaza ikhowudi ye-Linux.
Umthetho omtsha utyhola ukuba i-IBM idibanise ikhowudi engachazwanga evela kwi-UnixWare kunye nekhowudi ye-OpenServe.r yenkampani kwi-IBM eyakhe inkqubo yokusebenza ye-AIX. Ikwatyhola ukuba i-IBM kunye neRed Hat zenze iyelenqe ngokuthe ngqo lokwahlulahlula yonke inkqubo yekhompyuter. Iinkqubo zokusebenza ezifana ne-Unix kumathuba amakhulu orhwebo kwi-IBM, ishiya i-Xinuos ngasemva:
“Okokuqala, i-IBM yebe ubukrelekrele be-Xinuos yaza yasebenzisa loo propati ibiweyo ukwakha nokuthengisa imveliso ekhuphisanayo yaseXinuos. Okwesibini, ngepropathi ebiweyo ezandleni ze-IBM, i-IBM kunye ne-Red Hat bavuma ngokungekho mthethweni ukwahlula imarike echaphazelekayo kwaye basebenzise amandla abo okuthengisa akhulayo ukuze baxhatshaze abathengi, abakhuphisana nabaqalayo, kunye nokuyisungula ngokwayo. Okwesithathu, emva kokuba i-IBM kunye neRed Hat ziphehlelele iyelenqe labo, i-IBM yafumana iRed Hat yokuqinisa nokwenza isicwangciso sabo sisisigxina.
U-Xinuos uye wandisa umonakalo akholelwa ukuba wabandezeleka kuwo kwityala elipheleleyo:
“Ngenxa yale misebenzi, iXinuos ikhutshelwe ngaphandle kumathuba abalulekileyo emarike. Umzekelo, nangona i-Xinuos ibonelela ngenkqubo yokusebenza esekwe kwi-FreeBSD enexabiso elikhulu lokuthengisa kubasebenzisi beshishini, i-Xinuos ayikwazanga ukufumana inkxaso yemali eninzi okanye umdla wabathengi kuyo. I-OpenServer 10 ebinokuthi kwaye bekufanele yenziwe ngenxa yeemeko zentengiso. Ngapha koko, imakethi igqwethekile kangangokuba i-Xinuos izimisele ukuba ngaphezulu kwe-70% yabathengi bayo abanakho ilayisensi yenkqubo entsha yokusebenza kunokuba inokufumaneka kwimarike esebenzayo. Isiphumo sokuvalwa kwe-Xinuos siviwa ngabo bonke abantu abakhuphisana nabo ngokulinganayo. "
Ityala leXinuos ikwabanga ukuba i-IBM ilahlekisa abatyali-mali ngokuchaza kwiingxelo zayo zonyaka ukususela ngo-2008 ukuba inegunya lokukhuphela kwi-Unix kunye ne-UnixWare.
"Ngelixa eli tyala limalunga neXinuos kunye nokubiwa kwepropathi yethu yengqondo," utshilo uSean Snyder kwingxelo, "ikwayinkohliso yentengiso eyenzakalisa abathengi, ukhuphiswano, uluntu oluvulekileyo, ukukhangela kunye nokuqamba izinto ezintsha.
Okumangalisa ngakumbi kukuba, inkampani ibanga ukuba i-IBM ifuna ukutshabalalisa iFreeBSD ngokupheleleyo: "Isicwangciso se-IBM ngeRed Hat sichaze ngokucacileyo ukutshabalalisa iFreeBSD, ekusekwe kuyo izinto ezintsha zakutshanje ezivela kwiXinuos."
Kwaye iyaqhubeka ifuna kungekuphela nje umonakalo, kodwa ukuguqulwa okupheleleyo kokufunyanwa kwe-IBM ye-Red Hat: “Ukudityaniswa kufanele kubhengezwe ngokungekho mthethweni kwaphulwa ubuncinane iCandelo lesi-7 loMthetho weClayton, kwaye i-IBM neRed Hat kufuneka ziyalelwe ukuba zahlukane kwaye zirhoxise zonke izivumelwano ezinxulumene nazo.”
Nangona i-Red Hat ayizange iphendule ngokukhawuleza kwisikhalazo, isithethi se-IBM uDoug Shelton uthe:
"Amabango e-copyright ka-Xinuos aphinda amabango adiniweyo angaphambili, i-copyright yakhe u-Xinuos athengwe emva kokutshona, kwaye akukho siseko." Wongeza ngelithi “izityholo zikaXinuos zokungathembeki ngokuchasene ne-IBM kunye neRed Hat, eyona nkampani inkulu yesoftware yasimahla, nayo iyayiphikisa ingqiqo. "I-IBM kunye ne-Red Hat ziyakukhusela ngamandla ukuthembeka kwenkqubo yophuhliso lwesoftware yomthombo ovulekileyo kunye nokhetho lwendalo kwaye ke ngoko ukhuphiswano olukhuthaza isoftware yomthombo ovulekileyo."