And what exhibits! These attorneys and former attorneys for Novell are positive magpies. Not only did former in-house counsel Allison Amadia keep a copy of Santa Cruz lawyer Steve Sabbath's first draft of Amendment 2 to the APA dating back to 1996, but now we find that Tor Braham, Novell's outside counsel who drafted the APA, has kept his own first draft of it, red lined and all, from 1995. Braham was the principal drafter of the APA, and he explains a lot of things we've wondered about for a long time.

That's lawyers for you. They figure out what is the worst case scenario possible, and then they act to prevent it. But this is still quite impressive, as we watch him pull out original documents from ten years and more ago. I doubt very much that SCO expected anything like this. [Update: We have it now as text, thanks to Groklaw's The Cornishman.]

So. Where, pray tell, is Steve Sabbath's declaration? I don't see it on SCO's list of folks swearing up and down with their hands on the Bible, so to speak, that there was supposed to be a copyright conveyance. Sabbath did give a declaration supposedly intended to be for both the IBM case and Novell in 2004, but I've yet to see it used by SCO in Novell. In IBM, he claimed the following:

In October 1996, Novell and Santa Cruz executed Amendment No. 2 to the APA. I was involved the discussions leading up to Amendment No. 2, and I signed Amendment No. 2 on behalf of Santa Cruz. Amendment No. 2 arose as a result of a dispute between Novell and SCO concerning Novell's attempt to execute, on Santa Cruz's behalf, a royalty buy-out with IBM. That dispute was ultimately resolved through an amendment to IBM's SVRX license that was jointly executed by Santa Cruz, Novell, and IBM. Amendment No. 2, however, was intended to confirm, among other things, the parties' intent that SCO would obtain ownership of the UNIX copyrights under the APA and that Novell had received no rights with respect to UNIX source code under the APA.

He wrote that in November 2004, but no sign of him recently in Novell. He also gave a declaration [PDF] in 2003, in which he essentially said that Novell retained significant rights, but he didn't know if SCO had ever asked for the copyrights after Amendment 2 was signed or if Novell had ever signed an instrument of conveyance, and for that matter he couldn't remember doing any due diligence on what copyrights Novell held, so he's now testified on both sides, sort of, and on no side. Let's see which memory proves more accurate.

Novell takes no chances. It doesn't rely on human memories alone, or mortal agendas, but instead it presents the original documents and drafts of documents, thanks to these legal packrats.

Part of what Braham tells us is a new piece about why Novell was so interested in keeping the copyrights -- it worried that Santa Cruz might go bankrupt. That explains some of the language, such as that which made Novell the equitable owner of the SVRX royalties under the Bankruptcy Code, so it could continue to receive them no matter what happened to SCO. They sent a draft of that language to SCO, and as it happens, Braham still has a copy of that transmittal, which he offers as an exhibit. SCO accepted the draft language, he says.

And Novell drafted language putting "all right, title and interest to the SVRX Royalties, less the 5% fee" on to the Excluded Asset list. And he pulls out that transmittal also, as yet another exhibit.

He also tells us that four Novell people on the team reviewed and approved the Excluded Assets list with copyrights listed, and they sent it to SCO on September 18, 1995, and yup, he still has that too. Exhibit 4, redlined Schedules and all. And here, although other parts of the Schedule were redlined, the copyrights section was not, showing that no one had a problem with it and that it must have first shown up in an earlier draft, indicating approval by SCO.

And he tells us too that SCO's odd division of binary rights and revenues and source code rights and revenues isn't what the drafters intended. "We did not limit SVRX License to a subset of SVRX license agreements relating only to binary rights and royalties under those agreements."

Did anyone ever really believe that SCO story?

He also tells us that the Technology License Agreement had the purpose you thought it did -- it gave Novell the right to use any SCO enhancements or innovations. After all, that was the whole idea, for SCO to create a derivative product. Of course, SCO would own any copyrights on new code it would create, so Novell would need a license to use it. Braham not only remembers the TLA, he and the Novell team invented the phrase, and yes, he has a draft showing Novell's insertion of the phrase for the first time as sent to SCO.

"Indeed," he adds, "we drafted the contract to state 'all SVRX Licenses' and that term was intended to encompass licenses governing source and binary rights and revenues." All means all, as Novell keeps explaining.

It was Braham who actually drafted the language about Novell retaining the "sole discretion" to direct SCO to take certain actions under SVRX Licenses, and he added language to emphasize the "unqualified nature of this sole discretion" by tucking in the phrase "to the extent so directed in any manner or respect by Seller" as well as the language that Novell could act alone, if SCO failed to take any such action as directed by Novell.

Braham adds to the other testimony by Allison Amadia by confirming that the APA was not supposed to transfer the copyrights or the patents. In a very early draft, they were included, but after SCO lacked the cash for the full deal, he had them removed. And yes, he has a copy of that early draft handy. Another exhibit.

What in the world can SCO say to all this, but echo the words of Emily Lattella, "Never mind"?

One thing is now crystal clear. There will be no more "he said, she said", with managers of departments trotted out to present unsupported opinions and memories. That phase is over. If SCO has any writings to refute these exhibits, it had better produce them this exact minute. Oh, and about SCO's witnesses, they've got some work to do there, particularly because Braham tells us that the APA was drafted over a period of two weeks, and to his knowledge "Duff Thompson was not involved in negotiating or drafting the APA contract language." Neither was Ty Mattingly, ¹ he says. Ed Chatlos, Braham tells the court, was "a business person" and not a lawyer drafting legal language of the APA. David Bradford was the guy who gave Braham instructions and to whom he reported, not Ed Chatlos. And Bradford is siding with Braham's view in yet another Novell declaration. Bradford was at the Novell board meeting and he remembers and confirms the accuracy of the board minutes that said Novell would retain the copyrights.

Further, Braham has never heard of Bill Broderick and as far as he knows, he wasn't involved in the APA negotiations or drafting either. As for Alok Mohan, then CEO at SCO, or Doug Michels, he says he had no interaction with either of them in the APA negotiations and drafting.

Ditto Bob Frankenburg. He was Novell's CEO, but Braham has no memory of him being involved in the APA whatsoever. Ditto Burt Levine. Levine provided some comments to the Novell team, but he wasn't a partipant in the APA negotiations with SCO. Braham never interacted with Jim Wilt either that he can recall. And poor Ms. Madsen. While he remembers her as being a member of Santa Cruz's in-house legal department, he doesn't recall any specific interaction with her in drafting or negotiating any of the contract's provisions.

Yes. He said it. He's either calling them all liars or at best mistaken. Or conceivably they interacted with others, less central to the task than Braham. Probably the first, I sense. How else can the judge read this? Braham was the drafter of this contract. And he says he never saw these SCO's "witnesses", listed proudly by SCO attorney Brent Hatch at the hearing in SCO v. IBM in March, despite them all swearing up and down on penalty of perjury that they were involved and knew the intent of the APA and/or Amendment 2. (That was the hearing on two motions, SCO's Motion for Summary Judgment on SCO's Third Cause of Action For Breach of Contract [PDF] and IBM's Motion for Summary Judgment on SCO's Contract Claims [PDF]. No ruling yet on that.) For more of SCO's story, you can reread SCO's Reply Memorandum In Support of its Cross Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Novell's Fourth Counterclaim, if you wish. You can find the declarations by these upstanding souls here in the list of SCO exhibits.

Oh, and by the way, despite Braham being the principal drafter of the APA, no one from SCO has asked him for his views of the APA, he says. That is a little dig. Remember SCO made such a fuss about their witnesses not being interviewed?

This declaration is smoking. What will SCO do now? Put a PI on him? Dig up some dirt and feed it to the media to undermine his credibility? Subpoena him? Assign trolls to attack his good name and reputation all over the Internet?

Or is that sort of thing just for li'l ole me?

They'd best do something. This declaration is so powerful, I think it has the capacity to sink SCO's slander of title claim against Novell for good, if the judge reads it the way you just did and affords it the same credibility you do. And why wouldn't he?

The man was there. Demonstrably, provably there. And he has the exhibits to prove it. I don't think SCO was expecting that, or SCO's "witnesses" either. Who keeps documents that long?

Novell lawyers do, that's who. What an amazing bunch they are, too. I'm so, so impressed. And it must be enjoyable to write up a declaration like this, knowing you have eleven -- count them, eleven -- exhibits at your fingertips, each of which sends another SCO declaration into the meat grinder. I can just see the paralegal's face as he or she was tap-tappity-tapping away on it. Fun, fun, fun from beginning to end.

And whoever found this guy deserves a bonus. For real.

Let me refine that thought: whoever found this guy *and* thought to ask him if he happened to still have any documentary proof deserves a bonus.

So you have all the exhibits handy:

• Exhibit 1
• Exhibit 2 Pt. A
• Exhibit 2 Pt. B
• Exhibit 2 Pt. C
• Exhibit 3
• Exhibit 4
• Exhibit 5 Pt. A
• Exhibit 5 Pt. B
• Exhibit 6 Pt. A
• Exhibit 6 Pt. B
• Exhibit 7
• Exhibit 8
• Exhibit 9
• Exhibit 10
• Exhibit 11

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MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
Michael A. Jacobs (pro hac vice)
Kenneth W. Brakebill (pro hac vice)
[Address]
[Phone]
[Fax]

Attorneys for Defendant Counterclaim-Plaintiff Novell, Inc.

I Tor Braham, declare as follows:

1. The statements made in this Declaration are based on my personal knowledge. In connection with this Declaration, I have also reviewed documents contemporaneous to the transaction I discuss. I have attached several of them as Exhibits to this Declaration.

2. I have an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and a JD degree from New York University. I was admitted as an attorney in California in 1983. I practiced law as a corporate transaction attorney from 1984 through 1997 at the law firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati ("Wilson Sonsini" or "Wilson") in Palo Alto, California. I became a partner at Wilson Sonsini in 1989. During my time there, I worked on dozens of complex corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and asset sales, involving high technology companies.

3. At the end of 1997, I left Wilson Sonsini and became an investment banker. In December 1997, I joined UBS Securities as the Global Head of Technology Mergers & Acquisitions. In March 2000, I became a Managing Director at Credit Suisse First Boston. In February 2004, I joined Deutsche Bank, where I am now Head of Technology Mergers & Acquisitions.

4. In 1995 Wilson Sonsini was Novell's regular outside counsel. In the late summer we were retained by Novell to negotiate and draft an agreement with Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. relating to Novell's UNIX System V ("SVRX") and UnixWare operating system business. UnixWare was Novell's derivative work based on UNIX System V. I was already familiar with Novell's business. I had represented Novell in its purchase of UNIX-related assets from USL in 1993. Novell paid over $300 million for these assets.

5. I led, oversaw and actively managed the Wilson Sonsini team that negotiated the Novell-Santa Cruz deal. That team also included Aaron Alter and Shannon Whisenant, with whom I communicated regularly. I was the primary representative of Novell in negotiating the legal terms of the contract between Novell and Santa Cruz, called the Asset Purchase Agreement

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("APA"). I also was the primary drafter of the APA text. I negotiated the terms of the APA directly with Santa Cruz's representatives on the deal, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison ("Brobeck"), through a series of meetings and exchanges of contract drafts. Like Wilson Sonsini, Brobeck was a large law firm experienced in complex technology transactions.

6. The negotiation and drafting of the APA occurred in the first part of September 1995, leading up to the APA's execution on September 19, 1995. As Novell's lead negotiator of the contract, I was given the responsibility of putting together the necessary agreements and contractual provisions to protect Novell's interests. I received this direction directly from David Bradford (Novell's Senior Vice-President and General Counsel), with whom I communicated during the drafting and negotiation process. The Wilson team and I worked to achieve Novell's goals as transmitted to us through Mr. Bradford. As I describe below, the Wilson team worked to implement Novell's business directive to protect its interests in executing a contract with Santa Cruz, including Novell' interests relating to SVRX revenues and buy-outs, and future development of an enhanced version of UnixWare.

7. The APA was not a straight up asset purchase. The contract took on a more complex form due to various issues that arose in the course of negotiations. For example, Santa Cruz did not have the cash to buy both the UNIX assets that Novell had purchased from USL in 1993 plus Novell's UnixWare business. SCO's financial health also raised serious concerns about Santa Cruz's viability as a company. Further, once the form of consideration for the deal became Santa Cruz stock, it became necessary to structure the deal so that Novell would receive less than 20% of Santa Cruz stock. This structuring enabled Santa Cruz to complete the deal more quickly without the delay of seeking shareholder approval. However, the value of the Santa Cruz stock that Novell received — or approximately 16.7% — was approximately $50 million, or far less than the $300 million that Novell paid to USL in 1993 and far less than what Novell believed the USL assets were worth. With these issues in mind, we negotiated specific

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provisions in the contract whereby Novell's business and legal interests were protected through contractual mechanisms.

8. The APA was primarily a forward-looking deal. The common goal of both Novell and Santa Cruz was for Santa Cruz to take Novell's UnixWare operating system, to enhance and innovate it, and to proliferate it as a low-cost UNIX competitor to Microsoft's Windows NT product for use on personal computers. To that end, the parties specifically contemplated that Santa Cruz would develop a product called, in the APA, the "Merged Product" to run on computers powered by 32-bit Intel x86 chips. Novell, on the other hand, would focus its business on its networking operating system, called NetWare, as well as related products, including NetWare Directory Services. It was not in Novell's interest to have a homogeneous operating system environment in the PC world dominated by Microsoft. Novell would benefit from a heterogeneous computing environment that included Santa Cruz's successful proliferation of an enhanced UnixWare or Merged Product.

9. As to SVRX, the intent was that Santa Cruz would act as Novell's agent. The Wilson team and I drafted the APA provisions that memorialized the agency relationship. This drafting is reflected in contemporaneous documents that still exist. Exhibit 1, for example, is a true and correct copy of my marked-up redline of Wilson's early draft of the APA containing Section 4.16. In this early draft of 4.16, as well as the final APA, we defined SVRX License to include any agreements relating to a series of UNIX System V software products that we listed in Item VI of Schedule 1.1(a). (See Exhibit 1 at NOV 42711; See Exhibit 2 at 31.) We did not limit SVRX License to a subset of SVRX license agreements relating only to the binary rights and royalties under those agreements. Indeed, we drafted the contract to state "all SVRX Licenses" and that term was intended to encompass licenses governing source and binary rights and revenues. (Id.)

10. One agency obligation we included in the contract — and to which Santa Cruz agreed — was that Santa Cruz would collect and pass through all SVRX Royalties to Novell,

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subject to a 5% administrative fee. In Section 4.16(a), the Wilson team and I defined SVRX Royalties to be "all royalties, fees and other amounts due under all SVRX Licenses." (See Exhibit 2 at 31.) We did not limit this revenue stream to a subset of "all royalties, fees and other amounts" such as binary royalties or sums being paid be existing SVRX customers. Further, because we were concerned about Santa Cruz's viability and what could happen to these revenues if Santa Cruz went bankrupt, at my direction we proposed contract language to Santa Cruz whereby Novell would remain the equitable owner of the SVRX Royalties under the Bankruptcy Code:

Seller and Buyer further acknowledge and agree that Seller is retaining all rights to the SVRX Royalties notwithstanding the transfer of the SVRX licenses to Buyer pursuant hereto, and that Buyer only as [sic] legal title and not an equitable interest in such royalties within the meaning of Section 541(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.

(See Exhibit 3 at NOV 41922.) In case Santa Cruz declared bankruptcy, the SVRX Royalties would be protected from the bankruptcy estate and Novell would continue to receive them. Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of Wilson's transmittal to Santa Cruz of the aforementioned proposed language. Santa Cruz agreed to our proposed language.

11. We also proposed that "all right, title and interest to the SVRx Royalties, less the 5% fee for administering the collection thereof pursuant to Section 4.16 hereof" would be an Excluded Asset under APA. (See Exhibit 4 at NOV 40413.) Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of Wilson's transmittal to Santa Cruz in which we proposed this exclusion language. Santa Cruz agreed to our proposal.

12. I drafted Section 4.16(b) of the APA to confirm Novell's control over SVRX Licenses. Although Santa Cruz remained Novell's agent to administer the SVRX licensing arrangement, Novell retained the "sole discretion" to direct Santa Cruz to take certain actions under SVRX Licenses. I emphasized the unqualified nature of this sole discretion right by adding the phrase "to the extent so directed in any manner or respect by Seller." (See Exhibit 1

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at NOV 42711.) I drafted additional language in Section 4.16(b) providing that Novell was authorized to act on Santa Cruz's behalf when Santa Cruz so refused:

In the event that Buyer shall fail to take any such action concerning the SVRX Licenses as required herein, Seller shall be authorized, and is hereby granted, the rights to take any action on its own behalf.

(See Exhibit 5, a true and correct copy of my edits to Section 4.16 in an APA draft, at NOV 42765.) Santa Cruz accepted our proposed language.

13. The language in Section 4.16(b) was broadly worded and intentionally so. It was meant to make clear that Novell could take whatever action it wanted to protect its ongoing interests in SVRX. For example, Novell could enter into "buy outs" of its SVRX license agreements, similar to the buy out agreement Novell executed with Sun Microsystems in 1994. Novell could also grant Hewlett Packard ("HP") SVRX source rights in connection with HP's contemplated development of a UNIX operating system for Intel 64-bit chips, should Santa Cruz so refuse. There was no intent to limit Novell's authority under Section 4.16(b) to protecting a binary royalty stream.

14. During the negotiations, David Bradford indicated to me that Novell was unwilling to transfer intellectual property rights in UNIX and UnixWare, including patents and copyrights. The Wilson team and I implemented this retention of rights to protect Novell's interest in the significant revenue stream that Novell would be retaining from SVRX Licenses. Novell was receiving an annual SVRX revenue stream of approximately $50 million. Novell's copyright ownership, in particular, would permit Novell to continue to have rights to this revenue, should Santa Cruz go bankrupt; the rights to the revenue would follow the copyrights to Novell. Novell's ownership of the copyrights also would aid in Novell's negotiation of buy-outs of SVRX Licenses and in Novell's interest in the development of UNIX on 64-bit Intel processors, for example by Hewlett Packard.

15. The Wilson team thus revised an early draft of a Schedule of Assets that had included patents, copyrights and trademarks. (Attached hereto as Exhibit 6 is a true and correct

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copy of an early draft of the APA from the Wilson Sonsini files that we revised.) We drafted a new schedule of assets to be included in the asset transfer, as well as a schedule of assets to be excluded from the transfer. Attached hereto as Exhibit 7 is a true and correct copy of these new Schedules from my Wilson Sonsini files. Both schedules specifically addressed how intellectual property rights in UNIX and UnixWare would be treated in the deal. Patents and copyrights were not included as assets; instead patents and copyrights were specifically excluded. Only certain UNIX and UnixWare trademarks were identified as included assists [sic].

16. To my knowledge and based on my review of the Wilson Sonsini files, during the APA negotiations at least four representatives of Novell reviewed and approved the Excluded Assets provision that excluded copyrights from the asset transfer:

1. David Bradford reviewed and approved the exclusion.

2. I reviewed and approved Schedules 1.1(a) and 1.1(b), including the copyright exclusion.

3. Aaron Alter reviewed and approved Schedules 1.1(a) and 1.1(b). In fact, Aaron specifically edited their Intellectual Property provisions, confirming that only certain UNIX and UnixWare trademarks would be transferred to Santa Cruz and leaving the copyright exclusion intact. Attached hereto as Exhibit 8 is a true and correct copy of Aaron's marked-up Schedule 1.1(a) and 1.1(b) from my Wilson Sonsini files. Aaron also marked up a term sheet contained in the Wilson Sonsini files, a true and correct copy of which I attach hereto as Exhibit 9. Notably, next to a Section entitled "C. Intellectual Property" — which was followed by a line item with the phrase "Copyrights, trademarks...", Aaron made the handwritten annotation "already excluded." (See Exhibit 9 at NOV 39798.)

4. Burt Levine of Novell also reviewed and edited the Intellectual Property provisions in Schedules 1.1(a) and 1.1(b). He too left the copyright exclusion intact. Attached hereto as Exhibit 10 is a true and correct copy of Burt's marked-up Schedule 1.1(a) and 1.1(b) from the Wilson Sonsini files.

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17. During the negotiations, the Wilson team and I transmitted drafts of Schedule 1.1(a) and Schedule 1.1(b), containing the exclusion of copyrights, to Santa Cruz representatives. I attach Exhibit 4 to this Declaration as an example; we sent it to Santa Cruz's counsel on September 18, 1995. The Schedules attached to Exhibit 4 were redlined to show changes to drafts we had previously given to Santa Cruz. The draft of Schedule 1.1(b) in Exhibit 4, which excluded "[a]ll copyrights and trademarks, except for the trademarks UNIX and UnixWare," did not contain any redlining — thereby indicating that the exclusion of "all copyrights" had already appeared in a previously exchanged draft with Santa Cruz. (See Exhibit 4 at NOV 40413.) The draft of Schedule 1.1(a) in Exhibit 4 identified just one type of "Intellectual Property" to be included in the transfer: "Trademarks UNIX and UnixWare as and to the extent held by Seller (excluding any compensation Seller receives with respect of the license granted to X/Open regarding the UNIX trademark)." (Id. at Nov 40410.) The redlining indicates that the previously exchanged draft had referred to "Trademarks UNIX and UnixWare as held by Seller" as the sole included IP Asset; it did not refer to "copyrights" or "patents." (Id.)

18. In its final form, the APA included a Schedule 1.1(a) list of Assets. This schedule specifically identified the "Intellectual Property" to be included in the transferred assets; it only identified certain UNIX and UnixWare trademarks. (See Exhibit 2 at 059-060.) The APA also contained an "Excluded Assets" list in Schedule 1.1(b). (Id. at 061-062.) This list specifically called out that certain "Intellectual Property" was excluded from the asset transfer. In particular, the Schedule excluded "[a]ll copyrights and trademarks, except for the trademarks UNIX and UnixWare" and "all patents." (Id. at 062.)

19. The exclusion of copyrights and patents from the asset transfer is also confirmed through a provision I drafted in Section 1.1(a) of the APA. That section provides that Santa Cruz's purchase of "all of Seller's right, title and interest in and to the assets and properties of Seller relating to the Business ... identified on Schedule 1.1(a)" was subject to a specific set of exclusions:

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Assets to be so purchased shall not include those assets (the "Excluded Assets") set forth on Schedule 1.1(b).

20. Although the APA did not transfer copyright ownership to Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz received other rights and interests in UNIX and UnixWare copyrighted code that were not carved out through the operation of Schedule 1.1(b) and Section 1.1(a). Santa Cruz received possession of the source code and its programs. Santa Cruz also received the right to make derivative works — to develop an enhanced UnixWare product and a new Merged Product. Santa Cruz thus received a license to copy and use the Novell's copyrighted code in this endeavor, as needed to implement the activities contemplated by the APA.

21. Because it was contemplated that Santa Cruz would be making improvements in SVRX and UnixWare code, Novell wanted a provision in the APA addressing its right to use any Santa Cruz enhancements or innovations in the future. Santa Cruz agreed and the resulting provision was Section 1.6 of the APA. (See Exhibit 2 at 012.) Section 1.6 required the parties to execute a license agreement at the Closing that would govern Novell's future rights to use Licensed Technology. Such a license agreement was executed at the Closing (called the Technology License Agreement, or TLA).

22. I am familiar with the term Licensed Technology as it is used in the APA and the TLA. In fact, it is a term that the Wilson team and I added to Section 1.6 during the drafting process. Attached hereto as Exhibit 11 is a true and correct copy of an APA draft that we sent to Santa Cruz showing our insertion of the term Licensed Technology into Section 1.6. (See Exhibit 11 at NOV 39972-399973.)

23. Licensed Technology was intended primarily to include Santa Cruz improvements in code, i.e., the derivative works that Santa Cruz was to develop. Although Novell retained the copyrights in the original code, Santa Cruz would own the copyrights in any code that it newly

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wrote and Novell would need a license to such code. Licensed Technology also was meant to encompass other technology in UNIX and UnixWare, including trade secrets, software know-how, methods and concepts and documentation. Because these latter items were not excluded from the assets transferred to Santa Cruz, Novell needed a license to use such technology.

24. I understand that various individuals have offered personal opinions concerning the meaning of the contractual provisions I have discussed in this Declaration. In reviewing their testimony, I think it is important to understand that the contractual terms of the APA were negotiated in an approximate two-week period, and that the task of drafting was primarily a legal one: from our perspective, how to protect Novell's interest given the complexity of the transaction and Novell's continuing interest in UNIX.

1. To my knowledge, Duff Thompson was not involved in negotiating or drafting the APA contract language.

2. To my knowledge, Ty Mattingly was not involved in negotiating or drafting the APA contract language.

3. Ed Chatlos was a business person for Novell involved in the deal. I understand that he may have been involved in negotiating the basic deal structure, before the drafting phase. However, to my knowledge, Mr. Chatlos was not a Novell executive, nor was he the Novell business person directing the drafting of the contract. To my knowledge, Mr. Chatlos did not draft the APA. I reported to and received instructions from David Bradford, and not from Mr. Chatlos.

4. I have never heard of Bill Broderick. To my knowledge, he was not involved in the APA negotiations and drafting.

5. I do not know Alok Mohan. I understand he was Santa Cruz's CEO at the time of the APA. I had no interaction with him in the APA negotiations and drafting.

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6. Bob Frankenberg was Novell's CEO at the time of the APA. To my knowledge, he was not involved in the negotiation or drafting of the contract language of the APA.

7. I have no recollection of any interaction with Burt Levine in the APA negotiations. To my knowledge, he did not participate in the APA negotiations with Santa Cruz — although, as I discussed above, Mr. Levine provided the Wilson team with his comments and edits on Schedules 1.1(a) and 1.1(b), which we transmitted to Santa Cruz's representatives.

8. To my knowledge, I had no interactions with Doug Michels in the negotiation and drafting of the APA contract language. I am not aware that he had any involvement in this.

9. To my knowledge, I did not conduct any APA negotiations with Jim Wilt. I am not aware that he had any involvement in these negotiations or the drafting of the APA contract language.

10. I am aware that Kim Madsen was a member of Santa Cruz's in-house legal department at the time of the APA. I do not recall any specific interactions with her in drafting or negotiating any of the contractual provisions I have discussed in this Declaration.

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25. Since the completion of the Novell-Santa Cruz transaction, no one from SCO has asked me for my views of the APA.

I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on the 19th day of April, 2007 in San Francisco, California.

[signed]
Tor Braham

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 20th day of April, 2007, 1 caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing DECLARATION OF TOR BRAHAM to be served to the following:

Via CM/ECF:

Brent O. Hatch
Mark F. James
HATCH JAMES & DODGE, P.C.
[address]

Stuart H. Singer
William T. Dzurilla
Sashi Bach Boruchow
BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP
[address]

David Boies
Edward J. Normand
BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP
[address]

Devan V. Padmanabhan
John J. Brogan
DORSEY & WHITNEY, LLP
[address]

Via U.S. Mail, postage prepaid:

Stephen N. Zack
BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP
[address]

/s/ Heather M Sneddon

¹Update: That would be the Ty Mattingly of Vultus fame, I was recently reminded - more on Vultus here, here, , here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Vultus technology is what is now found in Me Inc, I understand, despite Vultus having been written off by SCO after it acquired it in July of 2003. I believe you'll find that Scott Lemon has a Vultus connection as well. The prerss release regarding the SCO acquisition of Vultus said that what it acquired were "the assets, engineering personnel, and technology of Vultus, Inc., including the WebFace Solution Suite" -- which is how Lemon became for a time a SCO employee. Here he is writing just last week about how strong SCO's Memorandum in Support of its Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on its First, Second, and Fifth Causes of Action and for Summary Judgment on Novell’s First Counterclaim looks to him:

Wow!

In this filing, there is testimony from a whole list of Novell executives - who actually negotiated the deal with SCO - who all testify that they *did* sell the Copyrights to SCO. When I read through this, I can only sit here thinking about what the current Novell management team was thinking … and what they will ever be able to pull out to refute this evidence.

In addition, this filing contains testimony by a reporter who states that Chris Stone told her he was going to announce that Novell never sold the Copyrights with full intention to damage the SCO stock price, and impact shareholders. Amazing if this is true … to think that an executive would do this and believe that he could get away with it.

Although all of the press wants people to believe this is all over … it seems that there is still a lot of life left in the SCO lawsuits.

Then again, maybe not. Anyway, he knows now what Novell was able to pull out to refute the SCO filing.