Why not to ask IBM..? [LWN.net]

Why not to ask IBM..?

Posted Jul 3, 2003 8:05 UTC (Thu) by MathFox (subscriber, #6104)
In reply to: Why not to ask IBM..? by jukkamy
Parent article: SCO can not win "SCO vs Linux" case. Seriously.

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.

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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