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SCO Claims Kernel Contains UnixWare Code

Posted by michael on from the put-up-or-shut-up dept.

ergo98 writes "SCO has increased the intensity of the lawsuit with IBM by claiming to hold indisputable proof that copyrighted UnixWare code found its way into Linux, violating the rules of both camps. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen: SCO refuses to divulge the code in question, however they promise to reveal it in court shortly."

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  1. Re:Does anyone even pay attention to SCO anymore? by geekee · · Score: 1, Troll

    That's complete FUD. Why would SCO cause themselves more difficulty by using a legal strategy that ultimately would cause them more harm then good? Most likely they have proof, or they wouldn't have said anything. Given the loose nature of linux coding, I'm not surprised at all that someone with access to SCO code would contribute it to Linux. Hell, Stallman believes all code should be free. Why wouldn't one of his followers steal code given that philosophy?

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  2. Re:Our world against theirs... by TheGreenLantern · · Score: 0, Troll

    Too bad it's dying.

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  3. Re:Does this remind anyone of the /. april fools? by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Troll
    Since MS Windows is closed source, isn't it possible that there's GPL code in there that they're using illegally? What should we do about this?

    What do you propose "we" "do" about it? Or are you just karma whoring by using the tried and tested "let's give this story a Microsoft angle"?