Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272276AbTHSP3R (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:29:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272290AbTHSP3R (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:29:17 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:55680 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272276AbTHSP3L (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:29:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:31:10 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Bart Samwel cc: Brandon Stewart , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: SCO's "proof" In-Reply-To: <3F423D35.7010603@samwel.tk> Message-ID: References: <3F422809.7080806@yahoo.com> <3F423D35.7010603@samwel.tk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1756 Lines: 69 On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Bart Samwel wrote: > For those of you who don't speek greek, the greek text is English and reads: > > "As part of the kernel evolution towords modular naming, the functions > malloc and free are being renamed to rmalloc and rfree. > Compatibility will be maintained by the following assembler code: > (also see free/malloc below)" > > What a way of obfuscating their IP. :) > > Bart > > Brandon Stewart wrote: > > > compliments of "d1rkinator" from yahoo finance message board: > > > > The code SCO finds offending: > > > > www.heise.de/newsticker/data/jk-19.08.03-000/imh0.jpg > > www.heise.de/newsticker/data/jk-19.08.03-000/imh1.jpg > > > > Its location in Linux: > > > > /usr/src/linux-2.4.20/arch/ia64/sn/io/ate_utils.c > > > > And its heritage: > > > > minnie.tuhs.org/UnixTree/V7/usr/sys/sys/malloc.c.html > > > > Ok, SCO: This was easy. Now, show us the other many examples. > > > > > > - confuse.S follows. ---------------- # # Enormously complicated assembly-language program released # under GPL, herein referenced ;) # # This program will actually work. Am I violating somebody's # patent? Sue me. # .section .text rmalloc: jmp malloc rfree: jmp free print: jmp printf # Fix typical typos .global rmalloc .type rmalloc,@function .global rfree .type rfree,@function .global print .type print,@function .end --------------- Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction. - 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/