Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267916AbUJVVWE (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:22:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267502AbUJVVFt (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:05:49 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:3456 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267904AbUJVVBe (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:01:34 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:00:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: "Jeff V. Merkey" cc: Al Viro , David Weinehall , Dax Kelson , Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.9 and GPL Buyout In-Reply-To: <41796178.7010006@drdos.com> Message-ID: References: <417550FB.8020404@drdos.com> <1098218286.8675.82.camel@mentorng.gurulabs.com> <41757478.4090402@drdos.com> <20041022090752.GA1308@khan.acc.umu.se> <41793204.9090208@drdos.com> <20041022175233.GY24336@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <417941C7.1030207@drdos.com> <41796178.7010006@drdos.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1773 Lines: 60 On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > SCO Just sent over a list of contaminated files with a "bill of health" > certification for Linux that if we remove the identified files > they will certify our Linux distribution as clean. They are also sending out > some form of statement that we are > not affiliated with them, and that we are competitors of SCO since we use > Linux. They claim the following and I have > a listing of files, lines numbers, etc. they told us we must remove in order > for our Linux appliances to be considered > "clean." This info might be useful to others. They have a cert program to > remove the areas. > > Here it is. I can get the line numbers of the file and their names if anyone > needs it, but the list is very big. > > RCU > 46 files > 109,688 lines > > NUMA > 101 files > 56,587 lines > > JFS > 44 files > 32,224 lines > > XFS > 173 Files > 119,130 lines > > SMP > 1,185 files > 829,393 lines > > Total files/lines they [allege] contains SCO source code > 1,549 files > 1,147,022 lines > > If you guys want the specific line numbers and filenames, I will ask them to > post the specific filenames/line numbers they claim > are theirs. They stated we can ship Linux with fear of being sued if we > comply with their Linux Certification Program. > You can ship Linux without fear of being sued anyway. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.9 on an i686 machine (5537.79 GrumpyMips). 98.36% 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/