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SCO Announces Final Termination of IBM's Licence

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the things-are-heating-up dept.

ickle_matt writes "SCO have announced the final termination of IBM's UNIX license, despite Novell telling them they can't. Interestingly enough there's a new set of "stolen code" figures in the release - 'approximately 148 files of direct Sequent UNIX code to the Linux 2.4 and 2.5 kernels, containing 168,276 lines of code. This Sequent code is critical NUMA and RCU multi-processor code previously lacking in Linux. Sequent-IBM has also contributed significant UNIX-based development methods to Linux in addition to the direct lines of code specified above.' "

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  1. I'll be back... by gilesjuk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can't someone just terminate SCO? I'm getting sick of their spoilt child politics.

  2. nothing to loose by tschernogates · · Score: -1, Redundant

    SCO is hopeless. They have nothing to loose.

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  3. BREAKING NEWS!!! by fdawg · · Score: -1, Redundant

    IBM puts SCO on Double Secret Probation!
    Film at 11.

  4. Re:Interesting... by Tuqui · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That contract is more "VIRAL" than GPL!!

  5. Change of subject by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It is interesting how this follows recent reports of SCO executives selling off their own SCO stock...
    Media manipulation anyone?????