Independent maintenance-support provider Terix must pay Oracle almost $58 million in damages following a stipulated judgment made Wednesday in a U.S. District Court.

Oracle sued Terix along with co-defendant Maintech back in 2013, alleging that the companies had “engaged in a deliberate scheme to misappropriate and distribute copyrighted, proprietary Oracle software code” while supporting customers using Oracle’s Solaris operating system.

More specifically, Oracle wanted to stop the companies from obtaining Solaris patches from Oracle’s customer support website and using them to offer service to their own customers. Also included in the suit were Sevanna Financial and West Coast Computer Exchange, two companies affiliated with Terix.

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