SCO claims code violations in Linux

[Weston Cerny]

i've been thinking about this.  Doesn't SCO own/merged with Caldera?  Hasn't
Caldera been putting this out as opensource.  So hasn't SCO released this
opensource.
-weston

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jeff" <jeff at parlant.com>
To: <pluglist at plug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: SCO claims code violations in Linux


> 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.
> >
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