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  1. Well, we know Groklaw is... by randyflood · · Score: 1 · on Linux Trademark Rejected in Australia


    Well, at least we all know that Groklaw is a vallid source of legal information...

    http://www.grokline.net/detail_vendor.php?id=1

  2. GrokLine is a prior art database of Unix history by davidwr · · Score: 2, Informative · on Linux Violates 283 Patents, says Insurance Company

    GrokLine, brought to you by the folks at GrokLaw of SCO v. IBM fame, is PART of what you are looking for. They focus on Unix-related prior art. However, they probably don't cover things like device drivers.

    Here's a blurb from their web site:

    2004-05-23
    Grokline's Launch

    Welcome to the launch of Grokline. We are ready for you to start to help by contributing what you know about UNIX.

    We hope with this living UNIX history project to be able to identify any conceivable legal problems that those wishing to block or hobble GNU/Linux may try to use in future assaults on the community. If there are litigation risks, even just from nuisance lawsuits, particularly with respect to patents, we want to find those risks, hopefully before they do, and mitigate or resolve them now. Also, if we can carefully document prior art, we may find it comes in very handy one of these days. I am personally convinced, as you no doubt are too, that the next wave of attacks on GNU/Linux and the GPL will involve patents.

    I hope this helps.

  3. Re:Claims on 2.6 ? It was but a gleam in Linus' ey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative · on SCO Claims Linux Lifted ELF

    No, you're the one who's wrong about dates. It was filed nine months before 2.6.0 came out.

    Lawsuit filed against IBM: March 2003
    Release of 2.6.0: Decemeber 2003

  4. Actually, it's more like 34. by YouHaveSnail · · Score: 1 · on Why Does SCO Focus On A Minix-to-Linux Link?

    UNICS was released nearly 40 years ago...

    According to Grokline, "UNICS" was released Dec. 31, 1969. I guess that could be "nearly 40," but it's not quite.

  5. Re:Busy busy busy by Xenographic · · Score: 4, Informative · on Groklaw's 'Grokline' To Document *nix History

    1) She's just one person.

    2) This is practically her job now, that's why she does so much; she works for OSRM now, and they pay her to do this + Groklaw now.

    3) She does sleep, but she's been known to keep odd hours on occasion.

    Speaking of which, here's their how to help page, in case anyone reading this wants to help them out.

    [Why yes, I do read Groklaw regularly... :]

  6. It's out now :] by Xenographic · · Score: 2, Informative · on Usenix President - Linux Needs Better Paper Trail

    It's out now!

    GrokLine

    Groklaw story on Grokline