SCO/Caldera letter (AD2002)

[Justin Zygmont]

I was just looking at some atrifacts from the SysV days, it just reminds 
me how weak of a case SCO might actually have.  So many features of UNIX 
were common and open knowledge, it kind of makes it hard to claim an 
infringement.  The SysV vs. BSD suit got nowhere.


On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, JoeHill wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:11:05 -0500 (EST)
> Robert Brockway <robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> > I particularly love the bit about "mutual respect for the open source
> > communities."
> > 
> > Hahahaha :)
> > 
> > http://www.lemis.com/grog/UNIX/
> 
> Waitaminnit, doesn't this mean that SCO, formerly Caldera, has already
> released their supposed IP, the UNIX source, under a BSD license,
> meaning it is essentially freely distributable?
> 
> Or does "ancient UNIX releases (V1-7 and 32V)" *not* include the SysV
> code they claim is still theirs and has been copied into the Linux
> kernel?
> 
> 

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