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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. Re:Thanks. by SirSlud · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Which may not happen because .. guess what, cars may go from 50% electric/50% gasoline to some other fuel. Yeah the parent poster is being self serving and not adding to the discourse, but neither are you.

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  2. There's nothing new... by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Concerning clueless/fascist /. moderation. I dare say all regular posters have suffered from it. Nonetheless, good call.

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  3. Re:wow, uhm by hungrygrue · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Not you, apparently. Now go watch Fox News and leave the rest of us with attention spans longer that fruit flies to worry about the boring stuff.

  4. How much are SCO's shares now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    HAH!! So you linux geeks are wrong and SCO is right. SCO UNIX does share code with linux. Time to buy SCO shares!!

  5. Re:Oooooh the juicy irony..... by hahiss · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's just like rain on your wedding day . . . .

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  6. Re:Thanks. by Seumas · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't be stupid. We will never use electric cars. We'll just change DST to all 12 months and extend it by another hour per day.

  7. Word. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I predict that in the past, you will be modded a troll.

  8. Re:Oooooh the juicy irony..... by iwan-nl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    More like 10.000 spoons when all you need is a knife.

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  9. Re:How Dare They Call Them Legal "Briefs"? by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since you snapped to the sitch so cannily in your take on "a land where justice is a game", I have an answer to your .sig:

    "Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died?"

    The Deal

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