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IBM Ordered to Show More Code to SCO

Posted by michael on from the neverending-story dept.

editingwhiz writes "Bob Mims of the Salt Lake Tribune has the scoop straight from the courthouse steps: 'A federal magistrate has handed a partial victory to Utah's SCO Group, ordering computer giant IBM to turn over more of its Linux operating system-related program codes. U.S. Magistrate Brooke Wells' ruling, released just minutes after Salt Lake City's federal courthouse closed Wednesday, came in the Lindon software company's contractual suit stemming from Big Blue's alleged distribution of Linux applications purportedly tainted with SCO's proprietary Unix code.' If at all possible, SCO's going to be even more insufferable now -- it has a glimmer of hope."

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  1. On the bright side... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's no way SCO is going to be able to analyze all this code before they go bankrupt.

  2. We're gonna need a bigger boat by gowen · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... because as fishing trips go, there's one hell of an expedition being organised by SCO.

    PS : Didn't SCO claim that they had print outs of all the copied code, that they could show anyone who signed an NDA? Why do they need to search any more of IBM's codebase.

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  3. Even more code? by Mongo222 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How can you turn over "even more" of something that's already open sourced?

  4. Uhm... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


    Doesn't SCO know about kernel.org?

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  5. Ummmm by Wordsmith · · Score: 2, Funny

    Haven't read the article yet, so I'm sure this will be cleared up in a minute when I do, but ... Turn over it's linux-related code? Isn't that what EVERYONE who distributes linux does?

  6. Now's the time to sell. by AceCaseOR · · Score: 4, Funny

    SCO's stock price is going up

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  7. If Ya Want It... by Bios_Hakr · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd pipe the code into a *.doc file and make the font about 48ish tahoma script.

    Then print it on standard paper.

    Hey, SCO, you might wanna bring a truck.

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    1. Re:If Ya Want It... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      As if Word could actually handle that much text without choking.

    2. Re:If Ya Want It... by jellomizer · · Score: 2, Funny

      I did something similar but reverse in college. A College Professor who was grossly incompetent (In both Computer Science Knowledge and Teaching), wanted to teach a course in Database Theory. She wanted the CS Department to buy and install Oracle (She though Oracle was a Server Side Web Development Language, which oracle may have produced, but she wanted the database server) on a Sun Ultra 1. After explaining that this will not happen because of the Cost and complexity of oracle and none of us have the time to be a full time oracle administrator we agreed on MySQL. Then after installing MySQL she wanted the documentation for it. So I piped the documentation file into a2ps with 8 pages per 1 page duplexed. And stamped it in a binder and stuffed it in her mailbox (Ripping some papers in there). That binder was in her mailbox for weeks and then it was gone and I never heard about it again. She probably have never even opened it up. And I feel sorry for that sucker student who actually takes a class with her, where she gives him a project to learn about MySQL and she hands him the book of the unreadable font.

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    3. Re:If Ya Want It... by 0123456789 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Surely more convenient for everyone to fax it to them...

  8. Suspicious by Pan+T.+Hose · · Score: 3, Funny

    This starts to look very suspicious to me. I think I will wait few months at most and demand my money back if SCO don't prove their case. I'm glad that I bought and sold SCOX on exactly optimal time, or otherwise I would feel kind of stupid for buying all of those licenses to run 140 Debian boxen in my lab, and 60 Red Hat desktops in the library. Has anyone tried to return the license yet?

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  9. Ah, a new profit scheme by Mustang+Matt · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. Sue someone for using your code.
    2. Have the judge force them to turn their proprietary code over to you.
    3. Copy their code into your programs.
    4. PROFIT!

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  10. Re:IBM should just pay them off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "One has to wonder what the folks who decided this course of action for SCO were smoking. :)"

    Given that the overwhelming majority of people accuse them of crack via the crack pipe, I am going to go out on a limb and guess crystal meth.

  11. Re:It's simple by Zocalo · · Score: 4, Funny
    so they have to fishing again.

    Actually, when it's a scam like this, it's usually spelt "phishing".

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  12. /S/ o /C/ lose to /O/ pen by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't SCO just asking for IBM to Open the Source for SCO to chew on? If all the OS source were Open Source, this process would be a 1-day grep affair.

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  13. Re:Transcript of the order by new+death+barbie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmmmm... I wonder how many 8-inch floppies that would be?

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  14. Re:In BINARY by Non+Est+Tanti · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the name of accessibility, it should be in Braille.

  15. Re:In BINARY by YetAnotherDave · · Score: 2, Funny

    Customs Officer: Purpose for visiting the US

    Me: Sacking and Pillaging the SCO offices

    Customs Officer: Sorry, I think their lawyers just left with the last of the valuables. But feel free to go look for yourself...

  16. Re:SCO loses the waiting game by infinidim · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ahh, waiting game sucks.

    Let's play Hungry, Hungry Hippos!