SCO should be challenged to run ESR's comparator and produce MD5 hashes [LWN.net]

SCO should be challenged to run ESR's comparator and produce MD5 hashes

Posted Sep 12, 2003 12:38 UTC (Fri) by Wol (guest, #4433)
In reply to: SCO should be challenged to run ESR's comparator and produce MD5 hashes by RobDavies
Parent article: Linus responds to SCO

I have a strong sense that Eric already has those hashes.

I think IBM has a long list of similarities between Linux and SysV, and an army of people busy checking where the code came from.

Then there'll be a lot of hush-hush phone calls to kernel hackers before:

KABOOOOMMMM

A class action by kernel hackers (funded by IBM) will seek to bar distribution of SCO's software on the grounds of GPL violation. Unlike SCO's claims against linux, though, the original filing will contain an appendix of a long list of violations, detailed line by line.

This is pure speculation, but I'm just picking up too many vibes from people in the know who's grins are wider than a Cheshire Cat.

Cheers,
Wol

(Log in to post comments)

SCO should be challenged to run ESR's comparator and produce MD5 hashes

Posted Sep 12, 2003 14:53 UTC (Fri) by RobDavies (guest, #9930) [Link]

Eric has the source, without SCO, and as has been noted, SCO actually
needed help from UNIX Heritage soceity to get System III source *evil
chuckle*

The point is, they smeared Linux, Free & Open Source with accusations
about not respecting IP, never mind that they rely on the same products in
their proprietary offerings eg) samba, and SCO need gcc for decent
development platform.

Now we all know, who is more likely to borrow code. But in general media,
we have been on defensive whole time. Never mind fact, that SCO are
trying to stop IBM, Sequent, SGI etc use the fruits of their own work, in
Linux, which is the real IP theft, it was never SCO's development effort.

So look for ways to have them on defensive, they have a lot to risk from
an independant audit of their stuff. Then when they're back pedalling,
they get hit with the class action you mentioned. Get journalists to ask
them why they won't do X, let them smell who's hiding things, SCO have
spun a good yarn, it's time to dismantle their credibility.

SCO should be challenged to run ESR's comparator and produce MD5 hashes

Posted Sep 12, 2003 14:55 UTC (Fri) by ccchips (subscriber, #3222) [Link]

That would be nice, in light of what I've been seeing in the one-sided financial press lately.

There's nothing I'd like to see more, than a major scandal in the proprietary-software industry. I can't tell you how many bucks I've spent on proprietary software that wound up being orphaned or abandoned, and how many times I've heard complaints that their products were dug out of code that people wanted to share.