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IBM Doesn't Comply With SCO's Deadline

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the way-to-go-blue dept.

prostoalex writes "IBM refused to settle with SCO and comply with their deadline, expiring Friday the 13th. "We've got a strong defense case, and we're going to fight it", IBM representative is quoted."

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  1. place your bets!! by tucolino · · Score: 5, Funny

    Third round!! 50 bucks on IBM!!!

    1. Re:place your bets!! by corsec67 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, considering that IBM has (more) money, and that their busines plann isn't:
      1. Sue
      2. ???
      3. Profit?

      I think that we all will agree that IBM just about has to win this case.

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  2. and in other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    On Friday the 13th a black cat was found dead at SCO underneath a broken mirror.

  3. Drama by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who needs drama/soaps on tv when you have a show right here..

    SCO and IBM's marriage isnt going well.
    SCO says IBM is cheating with another OS.
    SCO files for divorce.
    SCO takes IBM's keys to the house away
    IBM fights for the house.

    Oh how I will tune in next week to see what happens.

  4. I'd like to comply ... by jc42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since I don't have the money to defend myself in court like IBM, I'd really like to comply with SCO's claims that not just linux, but a lot of other software infringes on SCO's claimed copyright. I'm just a bit puzzled as to how I might go about this.

    For example, I'm looking at a line of code in one of my GPL'd programs:

    i += j - n;

    Does this infringe on any code claimed by SCO? How would I know?

    The only way I can think of is that SCO should send me a copy of their code. I can easily write a little perl script that will compare every line of my code with every line of theirs, and I can rewrite anything that seems to be infringing.

    Can anyone think of another way?

    Since my code is GPL'd and on my web site, SCO could do it themselves. But they are probably pretty busy, so I'd rather do it myself. Anyway, recent history shows that when they find infringing code, they don't send the programmer a nice message so the code can be changed. SCO just sues them for big bucks. I'd much rather avoid this threat, and save them time, by eliminating any infringements myself.

    SCO doesn't need to send me their code. If someone at SCO would just package it up in a few .tgz files and post the URL here, I can download it and take care of it myself.

    Eagerly awaiting the URL ...

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  5. I had to laugh. by fidget42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    To date, SCO has signed new licensing deals with two companies. One is Microsoft; the other has not been identified.

    Could the other one also be Microsoft? Just thinking.

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