The case was dismissed without prejudice, but if SCO wished to pursue the timeliness claim again, would have had to pay DaimlerChrysler's legal fees since August 9.
In addition to the certification specified in the license, SCO also instructed the Unix licensees to certify their use of Linux, a competing operating system.
The name of the company, too had changed: "Chrysler Motors Corporation" had become part of DaimlerChrysler when it merged with Daimler-Benz AG in 1998.
On March 3, 2004, The SCO Group filed a breach of contract lawsuit against DaimlerChrysler in the Circuit Court for Oakland County.
SCO also speculated that DaimlerChrysler broke the licensing agreement when they moved to the Linux operating system and that this is the reason why they refused to certify.
Additionally DaimlerChrysler claimed that the original licensing agreement does not mention a specific time in which a licensee should respond to a certification request.
The case was dismissed without prejudice, but if SCO wishes to pursue the timeliness claim again, it must pay DaimlerChrysler's legal fees since August 9.