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Date: Fri,  6 Jun 2003 14:31:27 +0200
From: Martin List-Petersen <martin@list-petersen.dk>
To: Stefan Smietanowski <stesmi@stesmi.com>
Cc: uaca@alumni.uv.es, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SCO's claims seem empty
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Citat Stefan Smietanowski <stesmi@stesmi.com>:

> uaca@alumni.uv.es wrote:
> > Hello everybody
> > 
> > 
> > let me speculate what we will see when SCO shows their "assumed proofs"
> > 
> > they will show code of the kernel and they will claim that was previously
> on
> > SCO's operating system (and was made by them without a GPL license), 
> > 
> > how to refute that?
> 
> Take the subsystem which they show code that "look! They stole it from
> us!" and look at how it has developed over time, including this very
> mailing list discussions. I mean. Noone pushed in any subsystem into
> the kernel (except linus) and just let it sit there, most were
> gradually merged, so should have historical baggage.
> 
> "Look here in 2.0, here we did like this and then during 2.1 it was
> changed and in 2.2 it was rewritten to this gradually in these
> kernels and in 2.3 we redid it slowly over all of these versions ..."
> 
> How can they refute it? The linux kernel and all the historical versions
> are available on the net including at least some of the discussions
> behind their incorporation. The other part would in part be discussed
> over the IRC, I know.
> 

I agree. 

Besides this article states confirmation on similar code, still i would say: Did
it come from Linux orginally or did it come from SCO ?

http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10300314

Regards,
Martin List-Petersen
martin at list-petersen dot dk
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