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VikingBrad writes "The Sydney Morning Herald has an article on Dr Warwick Toomey of The Unix Heritage Society claiming that SCO may not know the origin of code in System V, including claims that there is a lot of BSD software in Sys V."
Alex writes "I wondered where the 100k+ lines of copied code
in the linux kernel would come from in comparison
to the SCO Unixware stuff. Then a thought popped
up in my head: what if they just compared linewise?
All those empty lines in the code would have the
same content. But how many empty lines are in the
Linux Kernel Code? This small shell script counts them for you:
emptylines=0; function parse_dir () { for file in $1/*; do if [ -d "$file" ]; then parse_dir $file; else while read line; do if [ "$line" = "" ]; then emptylines=$[$emptylines+1]; echo $emptylines; fi; done
Kernel 2.4.22, yet cleaned of the code which SCO
claimed was stolen, has still 733140 empty lines, probably copied and pasted by the bad, bad kernel developers from the good, good SCO guys..."
Aww man, the one time I want ESR to mention his gun collection and he doesn't do it!
They're going to go after the federal government next...there go my taxes...
And what about the "This page intentionally left blank" world?
I feel like violating some copyright...
(blank line)
(blank line)
(blank line)
If SCO wants to collect from me, I have one question: Got change for a penny?
I want my change back...
Supreme Granter of Doctor of Obviology Letters ("A FIRM Command of the Obvious")
Does this mean I have to remove all the blank lines from all my code to avoid being sued by SCO?
Go hug some trees.
this one's done, next thread!
// "Can't clowns and pirates just -try- to get along?"
Oh SCO would just claim the virus code was their IP all along, and claim license fees from everyone who's still running it - people whose IP they can get easily as it keeps contacting their website! I've found out I cannot pass the day without reading the daily SCO item on slashdot. Dennis got into the act after Linus called his code ugly: damn, them be fightin' words!
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est modus in rebus
No, SCO is more interested in raping a (nearly) 12 year old operating system.
Canopy own SCO. Darl McBride can't take a dump without Ralph J. Yarro's approval. FUD. Darl's contract permits him considerable leeway so far as dumping is concerned, provided that it is on Linux developers.
The real Ralph Yarro posts as Anonymous Coward. Anyone else is an impostor.
We need facts, not opinions.
:o)
Why? Lack of facts hasn't stopped SCO - why should it stop us?
Don't you mean, "It's 2:45, time for another SCO story!"
Username taken, please choose another one.
I have in my possession an 8" floppy containing 73,000 empty lies of code, borrowed from my desk during negotiations with SCO for my CP/M floppy disk defragging utility!
NO! You can't SEE the disk! Well, mabe a picture of it...
*Cackle*
Mnem
Thing is, to successfully issue a press release, the press has to give a shit who you are.
Case in point, I ran out of Pop Tarts this morning and held a press conference about it and my plans to get some more at Super Fresh, but hardly anyone showed up - except for C-SPAN.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
No it's the RIAA thats after 12 year old girls.
My mother in law is worse than yours...and yes I will trade!
Rather than defend the "don't ask, don't tell" Linux intellectual property policy that caused the SCO v IBM case, the Open Source community should focus on customers' needs. The Open Source community should assure that Open Source software has a solid intellectual property foundation that can give confidence to end users. - Darl McBride.
Darl, Darl, Darl...haven't you ever heard the adage "When you are in a hole, stop digging"?
You could climb out of the hole you dug yourself into. But you decided to spew more slander, libel and FUD instead.
Back in July, we offered you a firemans ladder
In August, we threw down a rope.
Are we going to have to send down spelunkers, or should we wait until you pop up in China?
(By the way, Darl, you don't want to end up in China. Thats a Linux country.)
Heh heh...he said erect...
Darl McBride is a Big Fat Idiot: A Fair and Balanced Review of SCO
"Their response does a good job of presenting many of the finer points we have been arguing about around here, but it's nice to see them in such a formal, well-thought-out letter."
You mean posting "$C0 $|_|x0r$" on slashdot doesn't qualify as well-thought-out?
I'm sure this won't get modded up high enough to ever be seen, but it's just come over me what SCO must really stand for: they're Smoking Crack, Obviously. Now we just need to get the DEA on them, since the SEC won't do the job. ;-)
How To Get Humans To Mars
BSD is dying, and the GNU Hurd will be finished Real Soon Now.
Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.
Now look at SCO. Every college student knows that you must change comments and variable names of the code you copy.
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But unless anyone's heard of you and cares what you have to say, noone will read it, let alone publish it.
Unless it's a realllllllly slow news day.
Breaking news..
GUY ON SLASHDOT THINKS DARL MCBRIDE BIG FAG (AP)
blah blah blah blah
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Having read the link of this parent, that was a simple "shot acroos the bow" meant as a warning. Not all gun owners settle their disputes with guns.
I find dex weapons alot more satisfactory... Just hope he aint too handy with a bat or hocky stick... or a plain old kitchen knife. Thems the things you should worry about.
And anyone threatens me, I gently remind them if they kill me, they got to take care of my wife.
Now that is an effective threat!
I only look human.
My mother is a halfling and my dad is an ogre, so that makes me an Ogreling
Just a shame that it was co-authored by that gun-toting fucktard ESR who makes the lot of us seem like a bunch of hillbillies from Utah.
I am a hillbilly from Utah you insensitive clod.
this sig is deprecated
I'm just hoping SCO never wrote a "Hello World" program, otherwise some lawyers may raid my freshman course records and have me arrested in six languages.
I really hate signatures, but go to my website.
CNBC
A) Not enough sand.
"Eve of Destruction", it's not just for old hippies anymore...
Wasn't there a recent copyright dispute where one artist had a track of silence on his CD, and was sued by the estate of another artist because they claimed copyright on a track of silence?
Since that was settled out of court, I can see where SCO would think they at least had a chance of getting a settlement over the empty lines in the kernel.
Oh, shit... I have two empty lines in this post. Should I send SCO a buck?
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-Chris
-- This sig is only a test. If this were a real sig it would say something witty. --
Not an impressive way to spell plagiarism.
Wow. That's a well-crafted piece of literature. Unspecting high school freshmen will one day have to read that and dissect it as part of "US Literature". Assuming the schools can still teach reading by then.
Meanwhile, I ran the article through Babelfish:
Dear Mr. McBride,
You suck.
With all due respect,
The Open Source Community
Surely SCO must have some plants that can post some positive SCO-defending material here?!
"Hey, he's got child porn on his workstation!"
I have a proposal to make to you that I believe could be in our mutual interests. I have been following with interest your license dispute with IBM, together with your attempt to keep us all informed through regular press releases and interviews. Unfortunately, for all your efforts, the result has been unsatisfactory as the information you have presented has consistently contained rather severe inaccuracies. I can assure you that I (like most in the open source movement) am very symathetic to your problem. I understand that SCO originally did not have a copy of much of the source code it owns (that you believe has been copied wholesale into Linux). As such, it is understandable that you would know little about it.
I believe SCO has now managed to acquire a copy of the Unix V source code. This is a good first step, but not enough. I believe you now need access to someone who can evaluate where this code came from and which portions, if any, may be regarded as SCO intellectual propery. I would like to offer my services to assist your organisation in this matter. As someone who can read C code and knows how to use the google search engine I am eminently qualified for this task.
I am sure you will wish to take advantage of this offer without delay. It must be a matter of great concern to you that, for all your efforts, you have thus far been unable to accurately present the situation to your shareholders, customers and the general public.
Yours etc.
Please keep up your insightful attacks against that criminal Spider-Man. Yours is the only paper that properly recognizes the menace this individual represents to our fair NYC. We applaud your bold stance.
All the best,
Green Goblin, Esq.
P.S. Muahahahahahahaha
I and the three other people who were watching CSPAN this morning did not particularly appreciate listening to you talk about Pop Tarts for fourty-five minutes. I almost changed the channel.
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
I am an insensitive clod, you hillbilly from Utah!
Darl also does interviews.
But does he do Bar Mitzvah's and mall openinings?
Trying to create a miracle source of value that others can't seem to reproduce? You may be an ambitious though misguided resident of Utah. Unfortunately, peer review will be catching up with you. Alternate career plans are strongly recommended.
McBride is saying that 1 million words has been stolen from System V code into the Bible. McBride is also closely watching Tora's words too.
Very soon MCBridge will send a 10 billion law suits to churches all around the world and even call on Jesus for justice.
McBride is offering all churches $1000 license fee to legalize their Bible.
So you're that asshole who's codebase I've inherited! Who the hell bothers to comment i++; ?!?!
Die in a fire.