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Linux Kernel Code May Have Been in SCO UnixWare

Posted by timothy on from the hard-to-say-sonny-hard-to-say dept.

Random BedHead Ed writes "Groklaw has some interesting new information online. In an entry today, PJ has posted the Deposition of Erik W. Hughes (PDF), a SCO employee. Hughes' 2004 testimony reveals that the Linux Kernel Personality (LKP) of UnixWare somehow used kernel code. Exactly how it was used is not clear. UnixWare was released under a proprietary license, but the General Public License under which Linux is distributed requires derivative works to use the same license. As PJ says, it's "now apparent why SCO tried to say the GPL is unconstitutional" back in 2003."

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  1. Thanks. by unixbugs · · Score: 5, Funny

    A big up yours to whoever modded me down for stating that I've suspected stuff like this for a while from them.

    --
    You are about to give someone a piece of your mind, something which you can ill afford...
  2. Re:Wait . . wait . . what? by themoodykid · · Score: 5, Funny

    "You've got UnixWare in my Linux!"

    "And you've got Linux in my UnixWare!"

    "AAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!"

  3. Re:Wait . . wait . . what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I beleive the exact code they cited as stolen was:
    return 0;

  4. Re:Sorry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A big up yours to whoever modded me down for stating that I've suspected stuff like this for a while from them.

    We'd like to give a big "Sorry" to everyone who is reading this! We ran out of mod points.

    -Sco Legal Team

  5. Re:Oooooh the juicy irony..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just announced: Linus Torvalds demands $699 from Darl McBride

  6. Re:Move along by Guy+LeDouche · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, somehow his text got truncated during the submission. "SCObi-Wan" is the full name.

  7. Mod points cost less by halleluja · · Score: 5, Funny
    We'd like to give a big "Sorry" to everyone who is reading this! We ran out of mod points. -Sco Legal Team
    We currently offer high-tech mod points for the price of $599 each. I believe SCO mod points outshine Slashdot points on a number of fronts:
    • SCO Points cost less;Customers pay once for the mod points and have them for as long as they like. Is Slashdot really free? Of course not.
    • etc...
    -Darl McBride