Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263227AbTECCBF (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2003 22:01:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263228AbTECCBF (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2003 22:01:05 -0400 Received: from vladimir.pegasys.ws ([64.220.160.58]:28938 "HELO vladimir.pegasys.ws") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263227AbTECCBE (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2003 22:01:04 -0400 Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 19:10:28 -0700 From: jw schultz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Did the SCO Group plant UnixWare source in the Linux kernel? Message-ID: <20030503021028.GE4191@pegasys.ws> Mail-Followup-To: jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030502064349.A9988@infradead.org> <20030502125735.GA3409@ncsu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030502125735.GA3409@ncsu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1560 Lines: 37 On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 08:57:35AM -0400, jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu wrote: > On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 06:43:49AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > It might be more interesting to look for stolen Linux code in Unixware, > > I'd suggest with the support for a very well known Linux fileystem in > > the Linux compat addon product for UnixWare.. > > Wouldnt it be halirous if whatever code SCO is talking about when they > say there is Unix code in Linux turns out to be code some SCO employee > ripped out of some GPL program and stuck it into Unixware. That is > actually far more likely than what they alledge. Much of the commonality is probably no more a copy than having "her bosom heaved with anticipation" in a romance novel. As for Linux code in UnixWare, I seriously doubt there is that much code in UnixWare that was introduced by SCO/Caldera or Novell. Almost all of it came to them via USL as part of SVR4. Actually, my guess is that any extensive code similarity is likely to be code incorporated into SVR4 from BSD or other sources and not SCO property. The parade of copyright notices on SVR4 boot is a long one. -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: jw@pegasys.ws Remember Cernan and Schmitt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/