SCO claims code violations in Linux

[Roberto Mello]

On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 07:47:59AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote:
> SCO claims code violations in Linux
> By Stephen Shankland
> CNET News.com
> May 2, 2003, 4:47 AM PT
> 
> "Lines from Unix's source code have been copied into the heart of
> Linux, sometimes exactly and sometimes in a modified form designed to
> disguise their origin, SCO Group Chief Executive Darl McBride said
> Thursday.
> 
> "McBride's accusation cuts to the heart of the open-source movement's
> legal and philosophical underpinnings."

Naturally, SCO's CEO does not mention a single specific instance of this
alleged copy. His reason? The Liinux community would "launder it" out
before it got to court, _as if_ there were not millions of copies of old
and current Linux kernels lying around to prove his allegations.

Most likely the so-called copies will never come to the attention of the
public outside the courts.

-Roberto


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