SCO shows Linux code to analysts(OT)
SCO shows Linux code to analysts "Last week, the company began showing code to U.S. analysts that, it claims, prove that the source code to the Linux operating system contains sections of code lifted directly from SCO's Unix code base. SCO's presentation, which has been seen by analysts at Gartner Inc. and Aberdeen Group Inc. features pieces of software that IBM contributed to the Linux code base, SCO said. That code was derived from SCO's Unix code, itself derived from AT&T Corp.'s System V Unix code, and then distributed to the Linux community in violation of SCO's licensing agreement, the company said. SCO will spend the month of June showing its evidence to analysts and journalists who are interested in seeing it, said SCO's general manager of SCOsource, Chris Sontag" <http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742512> -- Fred A. Miller Systems Administrator Cornell Univ. Press Services fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:52:01 -0400 "Fred A. Miller" <fm@cupserv.org> wrote:
SCO shows Linux code to analysts
"Last week, the company began showing code to U.S. analysts that, it claims, prove that the source code to the Linux operating system contains sections of code lifted directly from SCO's Unix code base. <snip> <http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742512> Who would a company involved in a lawsuit take their evidence public? I would strongly suggest that their motives are not to protect their intellectual assetts, but to damage Linux. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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