See Cringley this week. He says that SCO/Caldera put it there themselves!! http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030605.html I can attest to what he says about IBM! PeterB On Saturday 07 June 2003 06:01, James Mohr wrote:
On Saturday 07 June 2003 05:49, Fred A. Miller wrote:
First Analyst Impressed By SCO's 'Proof'
An analyst says it appears that some parts of SCO Unix and Linux are indeed cut from the same mold.
informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10300314
Assuming that is true, then I see it more of a problem for Linux in general, as opposed to IBM. Caldera needs to prove that it could have **only** come from IBM and not from an unhappy (former) employee. Further they also have to prove the "direction" this code went. The analyst said "The fact that these appear to be transposed from Unix System V into Linux I find to be very damaging." That implies that Linux code was take from the System V code and not the other way around or not both taken from the same source. It *could* be the exact same source code that was at the heart of the BSD/ATT lawsuit and it **really** is the same code.
The analyst said ""It appears to be the same". Another key point is that the "same" does not mean "identical". However, despite what Caldera says about "mathmatical probably of null" of developing the "same code", there are probably algorithms in there that have been used over and over again for 30 years, so it is not unlikely that they "appear" to be the same.
Another issue is the culpability of the Linux developers. Take the recent case of the marijuana grower in California. There was a reasonable expectation on his part that what he was doing was legal. If there is a "reasonable expectation" on the part of the the Linux developers that code someone provided was legal, then maybe there is no culpability.
Regards,
jimmo
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