IBM Points Out SCO's GPL Software Distribution

Posted by timothy on Monday July 28, 2003 @01:04PM 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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Re:Simple by Pharmboy · 2003-07-28 13:17 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I registered my copy of Linux with SCO. It only costs $700, and I don't have to worry about getting sued or breaking the law.

If that isn't a troll, I don't know what a troll is. But I appreciate the straight delivery....so I will bite. So, what did you get in return for this $700?

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