On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 01:58:44PM +0100, Benjamin Jeeves wrote:
> I think it was AT&T who try Berkley and win and developer had to change about
> 10 lines of code so thing like that.
>
> On Wednesday 11 Jun 2003 1:47 pm, Jonathan Shilling wrote:
> > Interesting to note that SCO states the code stolen is from sys V. If I
> > rememeber correctly system V could only run on a single processor system,
> > and that much of its code was stolen from Berkley and FreeBSD. Anyone else
> > care to look back to the case where one of the previous owners of the Unix
> > source tried to sue Berkley and lost?
...
...
> > > According to SCO, you can compare the UNIX System V and Linux
> > > source code to see where Linux is stealing wholeheartedly from UNIX.
> > > To make this comparison, however, you have to sign an egregious
> > > nondisclosure agreement (NDA), which prevents you from discussing
> > > details of the charges. This NDA is causing many members of the press
> > > to decline the invitation. Laura Dido of the Yankee Group signed the
> > > NDA, and she says the evidence is damning, with entire sections of
> > > source code, including original developer documentary notes, lifted
> > > wholesale from the UNIX System V source code. Based on this evidence,
> > > she recommended that companies with AIX contracts contact IBM
> > > immediately for advice.
There are two quetions here:
whether Laura Dido is right, and huge sections of code have indeed
been lifted
whether this is relevant legally, considering the amount taken, its
significance, and whether the code has already becomd public
through the Berkely lawsuit.
-- hendrik
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