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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. Well either way... by ErisCalmsme · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I have to say that I am lucky enough (or is it not lucky enough?) to not have to worry about using linux for business purposes. Therefore, though all of this licensing business is somewhat concerning, I can still use my favorite OS regardless of what the big companies say...

    --
    Chaos is Divine *
  2. Re:Your daily dose ot SCO... slashdot exclusive! by smoondog · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I disagree completely, I think the SCO articles are some of the most interesting on /. That said, I think it is funny that it isn't associated with SCO/Caldera. It seems to be associated with everything else.

    -Sean

  3. Re:Your daily dose ot SCO... slashdot exclusive! by Rhone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Linux-related news dominates Slashdot, and SCO (and SCO's tactics, which could conceivably be used by other companies that want to hurt Linux) is the current Big Bad Threat to Linux.

    So you're going to see the play-by-play posted here, whether you like it or not and no matter how much you bitch. If you don't want to see it, ignore it.