Check out this article on Slashdot. It's important to note SCO's (formerly known as Caldera) role in Linux obtaining SMP code. They had a programmer who was working on SMP for Linux. It's easy to see how code would have been copied from UNIX to Linux that way. If that is even what happened.
SCO has yet to prove anything and will not be able to until the court case has been resolved. Knowing the court systems in the United States, that will take years if not decades. Also, I believe the UNIX patents expire next year. SCO does not have much capital and they were loosing what they did have fast. This doesn't leave them with many options. Their best option strictly from a business standpoint is to do just what they are doing. Try to scare people into purchasing a license from them. They don't care if it's ethical. They don't care if it hurts the Linux community. They are just out to make a fast buck. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/0528203&mode=thread&tid=106&tid=185 <quote who="Edward Dekkers"> > > http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1679444165&eid=-100 > > Surely some clever programmers can just re-write the offending code so > as not to breach IP? (from memory wasn't it the TCP/IP stack?) This will > not save IBM, but surely then they would not be able to sue Linux users > if their so called 'copied code' wasn't in the new versions? > > Regards, > Ed. > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
