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Linus Torvalds on SCO's latest claimsLinus Torvalds on SCO's latest claimsPosted Dec 23, 2003 0:00 UTC (Tue) by Halmonster (subscriber, #4537)Parent article: Linus Torvalds on SCO's latest claims As much as it pains me to contradict our Fearless Leader, I must point out the following. Just because the history of a C source file can be traced to code that SCO clearly has no claim over, that does not mean that the patches and bugfixes applied to that C source file were not tainted. It is possible that the improvements to (say) tolower() could have been borrowed from a protected source. We need to go through all the patches to these files and make sure they are free from copyright burdens as well. Hal Eisen
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Linus Torvalds on SCO's latest claims Posted Dec 23, 2003 0:45 UTC (Tue) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link] You are right, but you're also giving SCO too much credit, IMHO. They have released some of their own versions of Unix under a BSD-style licence. Also, the settlement between UCB and USL clearly allowed for BSD to be distributed under BSD licence.Remember when SCO folks claimed that all the "infringements" had nothing to do with BSD code? Now it turns out (as before) that they do. One would have to ask why exactly is that? My bet is this - there is not real evidence, so they have to come up with this. And that doesn't even begin to describe the very desperate position SCO is in: 1. Novell renewed their Unix copyright claims. In any event, it is fun to watch :-)
Linus Torvalds on SCO's latest claims Posted Dec 23, 2003 1:45 UTC (Tue) by mmarq (guest, #2332) [Link] "It is possible that the improvements to (say) tolower() could have been borrowed from a protected source." "IF SO", isnt that the job SCO to prove ??
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