Did SCO 'Borrow' Linux Code?

Did SCO 'Borrow' Linux Code?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 10, @07:43PM
from the selective-memory dept.
An Anonymous Reader writes "Apparently someone inside SCO has stated that SCO(actually Caldera) copied Linux code into System V. They did it to build what they now market as Linux Kernel Personality - the ability to run Linux software on their Unix. Now, the open source community(of course they don't mention who) is jumping on this, because they didn't return the changes to the OS community or give the community credit. Of course, SCO says it's a misunderstanding and, get this 'SCO also never used any of the Linux kernel code.'"

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11:35:24 PM    comment []  

I'm still smoothing out the rough edges (including inserting links & checking spelling, so be kind!), but here are my complete live notes from The Law of the Blogs session.

Below, a snippet from JP:

John Palfrey: I am a reformed lawyer; I used to work at Ropes and Gray and it was a lot of fun. I now work at the Berkman Center, and it's a lot more fun. Denise has done an excellent job with an overview of the risks, so I won't go there. I'm going to take a page out of Dave Winer's book. I am going to speak here not as a lawyer but as a user.

Three to four months ago we created Weblogs at Harvard Law, a blogspace; we put it up and watched to see what happened--like throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks. Anyone with a Harvard email address can now get a weblog in that space--including untold numbers of alumni, etc.

We've learned three things, pretty quickly: 1.) watch out about becoming an ISP, 2.) be ready for take-off, it happens more quickly than you think and 3.) blogs are good for the Web and good for you.

Number one: In the US code there are seven different definitions of an ISP. And it gets more complicated from there. There are at least 40 different ways one can be considered an ISP. My advice: Get a lawyer! Internet law is a mess. I'm sorry to say it, but it's the state of the law at the moment.

Number two: Get ready for takeoff. As soon as you've got lots of people doing this, people will do things that will raise your eyebrows.

Number three: Blogs are good for the Web. Mark asked, "When does the power of the written word go too far?" I say "virtually never." We need more good speech out there.

...and from Arik Hesseldahl, a journalist from Forbes:

There is a question about the public persona as property of media organization--where does the job end and the person begin? My boss has a personal website on cricket--there's not a lot of overlap, there.

But does that mean that if I wanted to write about financial news on my own blog--I could? Generally, no. You don't publish your "own" version of a story. What goes on in the office stays in the office. Journalism may be the first draft of history--but blogging shouldn't be the director's cut of journalism.

That doesn't mean, however, that blogging can't be the first draft of journalism.

3:58:40 PM    comment []  

Linux Access in State and Local Government, Part I. A new series about the state of open source in government--where it's happening, what it's used for, who's for it and who's against it. [Linux Journal]

It is worth noting that Linux is gaining traction in government use.  I would think that primary consdierations here are security, stability, and cost.

6:40:44 AM    comment []