Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:00:43 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Linux v2.6.9 and GPL Buyout |
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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.
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