Claimed Proof That UNIX Code Was Copied Into Linux

Posted by kdawson on Sunday July 11, 2010 @02:19PM from the copied-by-a-spider-on-lsd dept.

walterbyrd writes "SCO's ex-CEO's brother, a lawyer named Kevin McBride, has finally revealed some of the UNIX code that SCO claimed was copied into Linux. Scroll down to the comments where it reads: 'SCO submitted a very material amount of literal copying from UNIX to Linux in the SCO v. IBM case. For example, see the following excerpts from SCO's evidence submission in Dec. 2005 in the SCO v. IBM case:' There are a number of links to PDF files containing UNIX code that SCO claimed was copied into Linux (until they lost the battle by losing ownership of UNIX)." Many of the snippets I looked at are pretty generic. Others, like this one (PDF), would require an extremely liberal view of the term "copy and paste."

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Re:Palin by Mashdar · 2010-07-12 01:50 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I cannot speak for everyone, but I find it frightening that there are people who deify her. I'm not saying she is dangerous as an individual, but that she is really a clown. Her step down from Alaskan governor was the most absurd thing I think I've ever witnessed. But somehow people seem to think she is a symbol for something. For what, I don't know, because she certainly is not a champion of women's rights. Maybe a symbol for irony?