SCO BS
This whole SCO thing (link via slashdot) is pissing me off.
They (SCO) claim that somebody used their proprietary unix code in the open-source Linux, but they won’t share what code that is unless whomever they show it to signs a non-disclosure agreement. Therefore, IF the prolem exists at all, it’s unfixable, enabling them to continue to use scare-tactics and sue people.
They’re suing companies left and right for using said code, but not actually saying WHAT code! They’re using the scare-tactics to sell “rights” to using Linux which has their supposed stolen code embedded in it. They have no legal right to sell licenses to use Linux, which is open-source!
The whole thing is like a mafia-tactic. See, if they had a leg to stand on, they’d share what code was supposedly stolen. The fact that they won’t share it without the viewer signing a non-disclosure agreement is proof alone that they are full of shit.
On 6-30-03 Linus Torvalds (creater of Linux) commented on this.
Also, 7-4-03: http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6237239.htm via Konduct.