The Score is IBM - 700,000 / SCO - 326

The Peanut Gallery writes "After years of litigation to discover what, exactly, SCO was suing about, IBM has finally discovered that SCO's 'mountain of code' is only 326 scattered lines. Worse, most of what is allegedly infringing are comments and simple header files (like errno.h). These probably aren't copyrightable for being unoriginal and dictated by externalities and aren't owned by SCO in any event. Above and beyond that, IBM has at least five separate licenses for these elements, including the GPL, even if SCO actually owned those lines of code. In contrast IBM is able to point out 700,000 lines of code, which they have properly registered copyrights for, which SCO is infringing upon if the Court rules that it repudiated the GPL."

Comments

Someone stop me...Can't help myself...

[FlatCatInASlatVat]

IBM: All your code base are belong to us. You have no chance to survive make your time.

Re:Someone stop me...Can't help myself...

[daeg]

What SCO thought would happen:

In AD 2003, War was beginning.
IBM: What happen!
IBM Lawyer: Some set us up the lawsuit! We get signal.
IBM: Main screen turn on! It's you!
SCO: How are you gentlemen. All your code are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
IBM: What you say?!
SCO: You have no chance to survive make your time. Ha ha ha.

What really is happening:

IBM: All your stock are belong to us.

copyrighted code!

[TinBromide]

i have the following code copyrighted, get out your wallets and pay up or i will sue!

If (x){

Now that you have seen my copyrighted code, anyone who uses the above code in their programs must pay me a nickel!!!

Hold on, I just got a whisper from my patent lawyer, apparently some firm has trademarked the bracket ({) and my copyright is invalid. Carry on.

Re:SCO stock

[acidrain]

I wonder how much sco.com will be sold for. Somebody should make it point to kernel.org, just as a lesson to the patent trolls.

Re:SCO stock

[stratjakt]

100 lines, 12000000 lines, 10 lines, SCO wasn't flat out lying. They found something. That something might be enough to win the suit (maybe not a billion).

It would be interesting to watch SCOs stock. If it starts rising, it means investors are seeing it from their side, and seeing them as the winner here. Investors are detached emotionally, and will probably make a better call than any slashbotter.

Re:SCO stock

[p3d0]

Investors are detached emotionally, and will probably make a better call than any slashbotter. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Ha ha ha. Ha. Oh man, that's a good one.