Slashdot Mirror
SCO Complaint Filed -- Including Code Samples
btempleton writes "The folks at Groklaw have posted a story including a preliminary copy of Caldera/SCO's amended complaint, including lines of code they allege were improperly included in Linux. The PDF can be found at this story The file lists unix filenames with line numbers and filenames and line numbers from the Linux 2.2 and 2.4 kernels, so folks can now go into real depth."
This announcement is like a cool refreshing glass of lemonade. We'll finally be able to explain in agonising detail exactly why SCO is just blowing smoke out of their arse.
FloodMT: crapflood Movab
Does this mean we can now replace those lines and let the air out of the SCO tires?
Temperature in Hell== 31 F and falling. . .
You are not the customer.
In a press release issued Friday, a SCO spokesperson asserts there is no order or value in human life or in the universe.
or anybody else has read "SCO complaint failed"?
Here's a sample of the actual code:
Select All (*Linux.Users*)
Repeat
Daryls.Bankacct = Daryls.Bankacct + Linux.User.Acct(x)
until total(Linux.Users) = 0
set displaymode = gloat
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
for using parts of the sco's code.
The code lines correspond to blank lines. SCO has obviously copyrighted blank lines.
Now people who are really qualified can do a "Deep Dive". Not just some imaginary mathmaticians from MIT.
DIVE! DIVE!
Now WE can sink their Battleship!
Line 327 of named file 13 is merely a closing brace.
j/k
To save you reading the lengthy PDF, here are some of the major similarities noted:
'int main ()' appears repeatedly in both UNIX System V and Linux
'#include ' is also obvious stealing of code, appearing in many Linux source files
Furthermore, 'for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_LENGTH; i++)' style loops are obviously copied by IBM developers intimately familiar with the original implementations.
SCO's case is strong.
((lambda x ((x))) (lambda x ((x))))
Let's do so math, about 335 lines of code is equivalent to Darl math of 2 million lines of code or so. 2 million /335 = 5970. So if we extend SCO-rithmetic to their $5 billion dollar lawsuit (divide by 5970). Then they are really only suing for $863,557.00.
I had no idea SCO owned the rights to #include.. because they claim they do in most of the files they "claim" are stolen. Good job sco.. darl you suck at life.
Of course the code will be quickly replaced whether it can be proved it belongs to SCO or not. We always knew this and surely SCO did as well. So what is SCO up to, exactly? Is this what the copyright suit is meant to address? Are they trying to make sure they still have some way to sue Big Blue?
"It's spelled SCOX and pronounced to rhyme with _cocks_."
"Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!" -- Ivanhoe
I keep thinking of him as Daryl, since Darl is a female name.
To make matters worse, he's a McBride and not a McGroom.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
> maybe just copying code from 2.0 or whatever these files were like before the submission
Like RCU, NUMA, and JFS support?
It'll be called "Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at SCO."
It'll be out soon in hardback.
http://yetanotherpoliticalrant.blogspot.com
reading slashdot story... free
trying to follow the story links... painful but free
reading the comments... free
finding someone who posted a mirror... free
downloading the pdf from the mirror at 150Kb/s half an hour after the mirror was posted even though its modded to 5... priceless
dude, where the fuck do you get that bandwidth? hook a brother up with a shell and some webspace?
SCOX stock price, meet Mr Floor?
Got time? Spend some of it coding or testing
Mc means son-of..
He's a son of a.... alright!
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
I still think that SCO has a lot of explaining to do when this is all said and done.
Let's hope its done with those two-way phones they have in prison visiter rooms.
SCO Lawyer: "Hello, what is your experience with computers, sir?"
Prospective Juror: "Well, I have a masters in Computer Engineering..."
SCO Lawyer: "...Sorry, sir, thankyou for your time. Goodbuy."
SCO Lawyer: "Hello, what is your experience with computers, maam?"
Prospective Juror: "Well, I am in charge of keeping the office server running..."
SCO Lawyer: "...Sorry, maam, thankyou for your time. Goodbuy."
SCO Lawyer: "Hello, what is your experience with computers, maam?"
Prospective Juror: "Well, I use one to create reports..."
SCO Lawyer: "...Sorry, maam, thankyou for your time. Goodbuy."
SCO Lawyer: "Hello, what is your experience with computers, sir?"
Prospective Juror: "Camputersh? Oh, you mean the Gateway? I guess their ok. That Mine Sweeper game sure is fun!"
SCO Lawyer: "Thankyou sir, one more question: What is your experience with the web?"
Prospective Juror: "Wha... Oh, you mean Internet Explorer (TM)? Don't use it much 'cause I got AOL (TM). I guess it's ok. I got this eeh-mail from this nice Nigerian man the other day..."
SCO Lawyer: "*DING*DING*DING* We have a winner!"
Lines 662-664 seem especially damning. :^)
Lines 662-664 seem especially damning. :^)
I would expect that of line 666, myself...
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
(I guess
(everybody
(has to) (switch to)
LISP))
That line was put in for the impending criminal case against SCO.
In order to understand SCOs theories, one must first understand the theory of cooties. Cooties are invisible ickies that can be transmitted, usually by touch, but often by mere association.
Under the Cootie theory of copyright and trade secret law, Linux looks like Unix, so now Linux has cooties. IBM touched Unix, thus giving cooties to AIX. JFS acquired cooties when it was ported to AIX, even though JFS didn't have cooties when it was originally developed. Thus, Linux has cooties because it has AIX's cooties which AIX got from staring cross-eyed at Unix. Linux has the same header lines as Unix, therefore Linux has Unix cooties. In conclusion, anyone touching Linux will get cooties and owe a cootie tax to SCO, which will soon have more money than Scrooge McDuck.
For more information, see "Everything I needed to know about intellectual property law I learned on the elementary school playground.", by Darl McBride.
"We're at an impasse and we can't be at an impasse and have this case remain at a standstill,"
I laughed a little when I read that the first time on Groklaw. Seems to me, if you're at an impasse, then you are at a standstill.
Not only can it happen, but that's what will happen.
In paragraph 80 SCO states
- Unlike IBM, virtually none of these software developers and hobbyists had access to enterprise-scale equipment and testing facilities for Linux development.
Clearly no-one at SCO has ever been to the IT department of a major university. Then again I think we'd all guessed that.