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"Stolen" SCO Linux Code Snippets Leaked

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-gotta-figure-this-one-out dept.

stere0 writes "An article (in German) published on the German IT news site Heise includes two pictures (1, 2) of the "stolen" source code SCO claims to be theirs. Part of the first screenshot has been scrambled, the font has probably just been changed to Symbol; can anybody decipher it? I searched for the code snippets on Google. The code does indeed come from the kernel; the photographs show what seems to be lines 88-102 and 109-123 of /arch/ia64/sn/io/ate_utils.c from the 2.4 kernel tree. " Update: 08/19 16:39 GMT by M : LWN has a nice piece tracing the origins of the disputed code, and showing that SCO is simply lying.

8 of 1,180 comments (clear)

  1. SCO Text translated for the lazy by limited · · Score: 1, Redundant

    /*As part of the kernel evolution
    *toward modular naming, the
    *funxtions malloc and mfree are being
    renamed to rmalloc and rmfree.
    *Compatibility will be maintained by
    the following assembler code:
    *(also see mfree/rmfree below)
    */

  2. That's cyrillic... by TopShelf · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If I read correctly, the "symbol" is just Cyrillic script, but English words:

    "As part of the kernel evolution towards modular naming, the functions malloc and mfree are being renamed to rmalloc and rmfree. Compatibility will be maintained by the following assembly code:
    (also see mfree/rmfree below)"

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  3. More stolen code from SCO by genkael · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Here's some more example code SCO claims to be copied:

    {

    later in the file...

    }

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  4. Re:IANAC by suwain_2 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I know what you mean. It's all Greek to me!

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  5. SGI by PiGuy · · Score: 0, Redundant
    It seems SGI claims a copyright on this code (in ate_utils.c):
    *
    * Copyright (C) 1992 - 1997, 2000-2002 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved.
    */
    I'm surprised SCO hasn't started after them yet....
  6. Re:Code in picture 2 doesn't even compile by toasted_calamari · · Score: 1, Redundant

    sorry, forgot to log in yikes, your right. thats such a horrifically blatant error that it almost makes me wonder if these pics are genuine. after all, given that the contested versions of both system V and linux will compile, and this little snippit would certainly cause a compile error, it follows that this code cannot be from a working build of either linux or system V.

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  7. SGI Code by lexsco · · Score: 0, Redundant

    From the comments at the top of the file

    /* $Id: ate_utils.c,v 1.1 2002/02/28 17:31:25 marcelo Exp $
    *
    * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
    * License. See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
    * for more details.
    *
    * Copyright (C) 1992 - 1997, 2000-2002 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved.
    */

    So, this is code that originally came to Linux from Silocon Graphics via IBM. This is the derivative code that SCO claims infringes the UNIX license.

    This is just SCO staking claim to other peoples work - The Bastards

  8. SGI by BillKaos · · Score: 0, Redundant
    This fragment intrigues me:
    /* $Id: ate_utils.c,v 1.1 2002/02/28 17:31:25 marcelo Exp $
    *
    * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
    * License. See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
    * for more details.
    *
    * Copyright (C) 1992 - 1997, 2000-2002 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved.
    */

    So far, the copyright holder seems to be SGI