On Friday 30 May 2003 17:20, Nick Zentena wrote:
Who would be crazy enough to admit they stole SCO IP? You think they might press criminal charges? They might just claim the person who received the goods should have known it was stolen. Just because you managed to steal something doesn't mean they didn't take reasonable care.
No need to go to disgruntled SCO employees. In the past plenty of schools held full AT&T Unix source code. The stuff was used to create BSD right? It was used in classes.
Nick
Very valid point. There are many, many places the code could have come from. However, it terms of "stealing" the code, one does not need to have stolen it to have it taint the Linux code. All one needs to have done is seen the code and used what you saw (even without copying it 1:1). Also what is the statute of limitation on that? It's been 7 years since the real SC had it last. Regards, jimmo -- --------------------------------------- "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -- John Wooden --------------------------------------- Be sure to visit the Linux Tutorial: http://www.linux-tutorial.info --------------------------------------- NOTE: All messages sent to me in response to my posts to newsgroups, mailing lists or forums are subject to reposting.