SCO claims code violations in Linux

[jeff]

Or .. did they copy source from Linux :P


Stuart Jansen wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 12:23, Eldon Koyle wrote:
> 
>>>http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999371.html
>>
>>interesting...
>>
>>"We're finding...cases where there is line-by-line code in the Linux
>>kernel that is matching up to our UnixWare code," McBride said in an
>>interview.
>>
>>This doesn't surprise me at all, but... are they sure they know who
>>copied who?
> 
> 
> Or that they were even copied. There's only so many ways to write an
> efficient sort, for example. As others implied, if the code came
> straight out a textbook, does SCO even have a leg to stand on? Many
> parts of Unix have been legally available through multiple channels for
> many years.
>