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Who holds the canonical unix repo?

There is no canonical Unix repository.

Unix (1969) predates source version control (1972).

> IBM's OS/360 IEBUPDTE software update tool dates back to 1962, arguably a precursor to version control system tools. A full system designed for source code control was started in 1972, Source Code Control System for the same system (OS/360). Source Code Control System's introduction, having been published on December 4, 1975, historically implied it was the first deliberate revision control system.[4] RCS followed just after,[5] with its networked version Concurrent Versions System. The next generation after Concurrent Versions System was dominated by Subversion,[6] followed by the rise of distributed revision control tools such as Git.[7]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_control#History

Who owns the modern unix copyright?

The Open Group (Intel, IBM, Fujitsu, Huawei, Philips etc)

https://www.opengroup.org/about-us/who-we-are

https://www.opengroup.org/trademarks

Together with IEEE they are the ones giving the POSIX certification http://get.posixcertified.ieee.org/certification_guide.html

No, they own the trademark.

I think the copyright of the old Unix code ended up with Novell in the 90s, so it would now be owned by Micro Focus.

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