Do You Know UNIX Secrets?

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Posted by timothy on Sunday May 25, 2003 @07:27AM from the tell-esr-the-truth dept.

ESR writes "You can help stop the SCO attack on IBM and the Linux community. I'm looking for ways to prove that Unix trade secrets have been legally nullified. I want to know if you have ever had read access to proprietary Unix source code (not just binaries and documentation) under circumstances where either no non-disclosure agreement was required or whatever non-disclosure agreement you had was not enforced. To help out, see my No Secrets page."

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Re:Klink? by bstadil · 2003-05-25 07:36 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I am from Barcelona! ;-)

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Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf by slimsam1 · 2003-05-25 07:37 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Says:
UNIX? There is no UNIX. UNIX is a myth! Impossible to know UNIX secrets.

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Re:"Do You Know UNIX Secrets?" by jo42 · 2003-05-25 08:05 · Score: 0, Offtopic

My butt speaks stronger than your butt - prepare to be excreted!
Cool new word :) by Broodje · 2003-05-25 08:08 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Just to save a quick dictionary look-up, This is what 'rue' means.. I thought it was a typo.

SCO wants to use the courts to attack us and claim control of the Linux code; let's make them rue the day they thought this was a good idea, by proving that they have no trade secrets.
clicky
Main Entry: 2rue Function: verb Inflected Form(s): rued; ruing Date: 12th century transitive senses : to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for intransitive senses : to feel sorrow, remorse, or regret

Sorry to disturb y'all, I just love new words :) -broodje
Obligatory Bulwer-Lytton Entry... by DigiBoi · 2003-05-25 08:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

The Sultan, having dutifully consulted with his palace sages, historians, and theologians, was finally convinced that nothing in the lore of his religion could guide him in the selection of a Network Operating System, and the conclusion was now clear to him, that though most computers in the Palace Administration should run under WINDOWS, yet the Harem Management must be served by UNIX.

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Of course!! by FyRE666 · 2003-05-25 08:09 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I want to know if you have ever had read access to proprietary Unix source code (not just binaries and documentation) under circumstances where either no non-disclosure agreement was required or whatever non-disclosure agreement you had was not enforced.

Well obviously I have - I've taken sneaky peeks at the linux kernel source on many occasions ;-)

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Re:I'd tell you by Wolfrider · 2003-05-25 08:33 · Score: 0, Offtopic

--Character from the movie "The Princess Bride", one of the greatest classics of all TIME. Rent it, watch it, love it. :b

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== WolfriderV6 == I'm willing to admit that *I just might* be wrong... Are you??
Tom Swiftie by jefu · 2003-05-25 09:52 · Score: 1, Offtopic

"Boy, driving on these French(*) streets is murder", Tom said ruefully.
(*) or Freedomch, if you prefer