The judgement goes like this ".... I. SCO
Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant is hereby ORDERED:
1. To fully comply within 45 days of the entry of this order with the corut's previous order dated December 12, 2003. This is to include those items that SCO had difficulty in obtaining prior to the Court's previously ordered deadline of January 12, 2004.
2. As previously ordered, SCO is to provide and identify all specific lines of code that IBM is alleged to have contributed to Linux from either AIX or Dynix. This is to include all lines of code that SCO can identify at this time.
3. SCO is to provide and identify all specific lines of code from Unix System V from which IBM's contributions from AIX and Dynix are alleged to be derived.
4. SCO is to provide and identify with specificity all lines of code in Linux that it claims rights to.
5. SCO is to provide and identify with specificity the lines of code that SCO distributed to other parties. This is to include where appplicable the conditions of release, to whom the code was released, the date and under what circumstances such code was released."
More on the story at http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040303195948664
CK Raju Thrissur
doxa@sancharnet.in said on Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 12:40:54PM +0530,:
- SCO is to provide and identify all specific lines of code from
Unix System V from which IBM's contributions from AIX and Dynix are alleged to be derived.
- SCO is to provide and identify with specificity all lines of
code in Linux that it claims rights to.
Heee ... heeee ....
I am literally rolling on the floor, laughing, after reading other news about SCO.
They are suing Daimler-Chrysler for violation of *UNIX* license agreement; and another little known (in India) company called Autozone. The suit against Autozone is for *use* and *possession* of Linux (kernel). (Of course, SCO will call it the `Linux Operating system').
Now, if Linux-the-kernel had only a single copyright holder, with sufficient backup resources (like the FSF), jokes like the Autozone suit could have been effectively countered.
The other good news from groklaw is that in yet another vindication of validity and strength of the GNU GPL, Fujitsu-Siemens, makers of wireless routers have settled (yet another out of court settlement) the dispute with iptables/netfilter project. Sources for WLAN-Router AP 600 RP-USB, will be published under GPL.
Icing on the cake???
Fujitsu-Siemens will make a donation of undisclosed size to Free Software Foundation Europe.
Mahesh T. Pai said on Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 01:37:56PM +0530,:
They are suing Daimler-Chrysler for violation of *UNIX* license
And on a preliminary reading of the suit against Daimler Chrysler, it seems that SCO is saying, `you purchased a license to run UNIX sometime in past, from some entity not in existince now; that license still binds you for ever and all your actions and choices of software shall be bound by that license ...' and things to that effect.
Interestingly, the license on which SCO is basing its claim against Daimler-Chrysler is a *source code* license, not a binary only license.
`Open Source' any body???
During a visit to Kozhikode recently, there was a request from several people for a training programme in GNU/Linux for common people there. The question asked was whether FSFI would be willing to start such a course. I had to reply that I would find out and get back to them. A on-day training of the kind that C-DIT is offering at Thiruvananthapuram is what they are looking for. Would any organisation or group of individuals be willing to try?
V. Sasi Kumar said:
During a visit to Kozhikode recently, there was a request from several people for a training programme in GNU/Linux for common people there. The question asked was whether FSFI would be willing to start such a course. I had to reply that I would find out and get back to them. A on-day training of the kind that C-DIT is offering at Thiruvananthapuram is what they are looking for. Would any organisation or group of individuals be willing to try?
C-DIT will conduct One-Day training on GNU/Linux outside Thiruvananthapuram also. But there should be a minimum no.of candidates and the facilities should be provided. Ask them to contact C-DIT at the address below
Team Leader, Open Source Technology Team, Centre for Development of Imaging Technology, City Centre, Chittezham Lavanya, Statue, Thiruvananthapuram - 695001 Phone (Office) ++91-471-2335995, 2339539
regards Manilal
Well..
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