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Why not to ask IBM..?Why not to ask IBM..?Posted Jul 3, 2003 3:16 UTC (Thu) by jukkamy (guest, #11973)Parent article: SCO can not win "SCO vs Linux" case. Seriously. Doesn't IBM has the possibility of check how much there is (or is there)copied code in linux kernel? As far that I have undersood, they do have both "system V"- and linux-sources? Or is there some legal aspects that prevents them to do it? I don't think so. At least they should point out where in linux are the parts that may be in question. Jukka
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Why not to ask IBM..? Posted Jul 3, 2003 8:05 UTC (Thu) by MathFox (subscriber, #6104) [Link] I am pretty sure they allready did the check... there has been much discussion on the topic allready, just a few points:- similarities don't show the direction of copying - for SysV code to work with Linux it has to be rewritten - IBM has a contractual obligation to protect AT&T's trade secrets, so they can't tell - there is the USL vs. BSDI lawsuit that freed BSD; what does that mean for Linux? If you want to know more of the details of the case (and algorithms that show similarities without revealing the code); check the archives here or the GROKLAW (http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/) weblog.
Why not to ask IBM..? Posted Jul 18, 2003 6:18 UTC (Fri) by jukkamy (guest, #11973) [Link] (I kind of missed to look back for comments until now..)-Your GROKLAW -weblog is very good. I think these kind of details are something that everybody should know before reading/writing any "news" (thought some may still ignore the facts hoping that in legal processes money/smart lawyers "weights more"). Hopefully this kind of evidence will make it more difficult to make false judgements in courts. Thanks
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