IBM Denies Charges of Unix Theft

ahooton writes "C|net is reporting that SCO has filed a lawsuit accusing IBM of theft of it's Unix intellectual property. SCO alleges this occurred because IBM released portions of the Unix system, owned by SCO, in to Linux." While the suit is nothing new, IBM's retort is. IBM asserts it is innocent of any charges of wrongdoing. Additionally, IBM is accusing SCO of trying to stifle Linux development through the use of the courts.

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I know that there isn't SCO code in Linux because

[DanThe1Man]

....LINUX DOSN'T SUCK!!

what i'd really like.....

[Lord_Dweomer]

Does ANYBODY else wish that we could get some amusing graphical depiction of all the patent/legal nonsense thats been going on lately? I can think of a few different visualizations.....such as a small nest of black ants (SCO) being attacked by a massive bird-killing colony of army ants (IBMs legal team). I would be extremely grateful for any such graphical representations of these kinds of things.

Re:Unix code copied into Linux alleged

[Tokerat]

...McBride then stated "Clearly you can see places where IBM's source code adds two numbers together, in some instances the same two numers our software would be adding durring the same process. This is clearly infringment." McBride was scheduled to answer more questions after the laughter died down, but was apparently then unavailible for comment.

IBM and Linux Shall Pay!

[f0rt0r]

I found the code that matches up exactly, the top five matches are ( drum roll )

5) for ( int x=0;x lt 10;x++)
4) while ( x lt 10 ) {
3) #include stdio.h
2) #include math.h
1) int main( String args[] )

Number 1) shows up in every .cpp file! Linux developers will pay for this blatant violation of SCO's IP rights!

Note: for some reason the board wigged out with greater than and less than signes, so I had to leave those out. lt = less than

Re:IBM and Linux Shall Pay!

[localghost]

None of those show up in my C++ code.

for 5, I use "for (int x=0;x<10;x++)" (I removed spaces)
for 4, I use "while (x<10)" (spaces again)
for 3, I use "#include <stdio.h>" (yours will produce an error)
for 2, I use "#include <math.h>" (again, error)
for 1, I use "int main(int argc, char *argv[])" (I've never seen the syntax you used)

Oh, and to make the < sign, you need to escape it with "&lt;".

Re:Possible community response?

[geekoid]

what are you, a christian scientist?

yes, that WAS funny, and if you don't understand it, don't mod it.

Re:Who stole from who?

[mkldev]

Dear geekoid,

We agree to your price of 10 million Lira (about $584). Please send us your contact information so we can buy you out.

Sincerely,
Darl McBride
CEO, SCO Group

Rowboat vs. Bizmarck

[Akardam]

McBride's taking a dingy up against the battleship that is IBM. Can he honestly think that SCO won't be reduced to so much virtual matchwood? I'm just waiting for the moment when he's staring down IBM's big guns, and goes "Eep!".

Wait for it...

Re:What I hope this means

[nathanh]

Balmer is quoted as saying something to the effect, "See, you dont know who's writing your OSS software."

And who is writing Microsoft's software *cough*stacker*cough*? I think Ballmer should stop throwing stones.

Re:REAL Purpose

[cenonce]

SCO's real purpose behind this lawsuit is not to get money, but to publicize itself in hopes of finding a larger company to buy them.

So, in other words, it is in fact to get more money!

-A

$40.2M? for Caldera?

[theonetruekeebler]

That's lunch money for IBM!

Buy the company, declare all its IP community property, fire every single employee, burn their buildings, loot their coffers, trample their crops and sew their fields with salt.