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IBM Points Out SCO's GPL Software Distribution

Posted by timothy on from the didja-read-the-license-first dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Cnet is reporting that IBM has launched a counterstrike against SCO Group's attack on Linux users, arguing that SCO's demands for Unix license payments are undermined by its earlier shipment of an open-source Linux product." JayJay.br points out a similar but more colorful article on The Register "in which SCO says that 'SCO-Caldera does not own the copyrights to JFS (Journaling File System), RCU (Read, Copy, and Update), NUMA (Non-uniform Memory Access) software, and other IBM-developed AIX code that IBM contributed to the Linux kernel.' Gee, now that I was almost buying their license ..."

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  1. What about Xenix? by BoomerSooner · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've decided I'm only using SCO Xenix to avoid all the licensing issues with Linux.

    Hell I even bought a Compaq Deskpro 386/25M. Who knew the bios could only be accessed by boot disks!!! Took me a good hour or two to figure that out. Thank god HP/Compaq still has these on their site.

    Xenix the choice of an old generation.

    1. Re:What about Xenix? by Quarters · · Score: 5, Funny
      My question is-- what took IBM so long to do this? Or are their lawyers that slow?

      Yeah, why aren't IBM's lawyers knee-jerk, arm-chair experts like everyone else? What the heck is IBM paying them for - to take their time, do their research, make sure they present facts not just heresay or inuendo, and generally make sure the issue is understood completely before they talk about it?

      IBM's just pissin' money away with those guys on board!

    2. Re:What about Xenix? by Guppy06 · · Score: 5, Funny

      "what took IBM so long to do this? Or are their lawyers that slow?"

      They get their kicks by watching their victims wiggle and squirm around a bit before finally squishing them.

    3. Re:What about Xenix? by gearheadsmp · · Score: 5, Funny

      Forget Xenix. I want to see someone put SCO Linux on an Xbox and make it load the SCO site. Only then will I have my fill of irony.

    4. Re:What about Xenix? by fidget42 · · Score: 5, Funny

      What the heck is IBM paying them for - to take their time, do their research, make sure they present facts not just heresay or inuendo, and generally make sure the issue is understood completely before they talk about it?

      Ya. That's what SCO's lawyers are for.

      --
      The dogcow says "Moof!"
  2. Darl McBride also quoted as saying.. by questamor · · Score: 5, Funny

    McBride was also quoted as saying "he he fellas, come on, you knew we were joking all along don't you? right?"

    Darl was last seen in tattered pieces scattered around IBM.

  3. Re:Even better by perimorph · · Score: 5, Funny

    You didn't properly credit the article. Therefore, I'll be filling lawsuits against all Slashdot members who read the above post.

    Joking aside, thanks for the clarification. I'm slightly less completely lost now.

  4. Re:Simple by Flower · · Score: 5, Funny
    So, what did you get in return for this $700?

    Hopefully he gets a year's supply of K-Y. Obviously, SCO isn't going to have the common courtesy to offer a reach-around.

    --
    I don't want knowledge. I want certainty. - Law, David Bowie
  5. Re:Ahh... by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait for it.....wait for it.....

    owned.

    there it is!