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Thanks SCO
for forcing all involved parties remove any ***initial*** UNIX
code vestiges from their systems. The UNIX kernels and
utilities have been rewritten so many times that it seems to
me that very little verbatim code from USL is there (in UNIX)
any more.

Now, how SCO keeps claiming that UNIX code is pervasive
in Linux defies common sense. Nevertheless, verbatim code
is straighforward to replace.

Another really iportsand issue is that the definitions of
UNIX, its APIs, commands and utilities is managed and
ownded by the Open Group (www.opengroup.org). Linux is
making effort to become POSIX compliant and thus closer
to be a branded UNIX system.

What SCO is whinning about is the historical code of the
UNIX. But the code is just a point in an implementation
space. One is free to implement APIs and functionalities any
way hs/she pleases them. So SCO has an empty point.

But it is good that new systems will become completely
unencumbered by old code.

Thanks SCO

-m
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GPL  NemesisNL | 02/10/04
Please give us a preview mode again  NemesisNL | 02/10/04
I am pretty sure the US has laws to protect the ignorant.  nucrash | 02/10/04
"Ignorance of the law is no excuse"  tic swayback | 02/10/04
Ignorance and copyright  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/10/04
Copyright time limits  Update victim | 02/10/04
Re: Copyright time limits  STDog | 02/11/04
depends on the case;  ryusen | 02/10/04
There is a difference here  MG_z | 02/11/04
Novell turns the screws on SCO  Solid Water | 02/11/04
The courts in this country can not be trusted.  xode@... | 02/11/04
Slow news day  IT_User | 02/10/04
Actually, there IS news (later in the day)  IT_User | 02/10/04
Sco......giggle, snort, LOL  crocd | 02/10/04
Unfazed because we know they'll lose (nt)  CobraA1 | 02/10/04
Yep, unfazed  FilledOut | 02/10/04
Again, groklaw.net has the real scoop  Xunil_Sierutuf | 02/10/04
groklaw...  Arm A. Geddon | 02/10/04
Yep , that item about M$ corrupting govt. administration is bad news.  dicktaurus@... | 02/11/04
Fazed by what?!? SCO has show absolutely ZERO EVIDENCE!!!  xunil skcor | 02/10/04
At the beginning there was concern  doctormoriarty | 02/11/04
SCO is Another Dirty Attempt by Microsoft to Stop Linux  brenthawkinsmd | 02/10/04
Evidence  Martin Marvinski | 02/10/04
Thanks SCO  michael-t | 02/10/04
Countersuit Against SCO  nograin | 02/10/04
Re:Countersuit Against SCO  Mack DaNife | 02/11/04
Evil is evil  pa2004 | 02/10/04
Yeas, evil is evil  IT_User | 02/10/04
Huh?  doe_z | 02/10/04
Re: pa2004  Martin Marvinski | 02/10/04
Great Idea!!!  Spoon Jabber | 02/10/04
Yes, it is a great idea  IT_User | 02/10/04
problems  ryusen | 02/10/04
Just mark it with .....  Mack DaNife | 02/11/04
Just do not feed trolls...EVER  Mack DaNife | 02/11/04
Re: pa2004  MG_z | 02/11/04
A legal question  MG_z | 02/11/04
Read the latest GROKLAW  IT_User | 02/11/04
RE: Read the latest GROKLAW  MG_z | 02/11/04

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