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:Perens.com: Analysis of SCO's Las Vegas Slide Show
Perens.com: Analysis of SCO's Las Vegas Slide Show
Aug 21, 2003, 16 :00 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (11354 reads)

(Other stories by Bruce Perens)

"I will start with SCO's demonstrations regarding 'copied' software. It is likely that SCO would present the very best examples that they have of 'copied' code in their slide show. But I was easily able to determine that of the two examples, one isn't SCO's property at all, and the other is used in Linux under a valid license. If this is the best SCO has to offer, they will lose.

"Slide 15 shows purports to show 'Obfuscated Copying' from Unix System V into Linux. SCO further obfuscated the code on this slide by switching it to a Greek font, but that was easily undone. It's entertaining that the SCO folks had no clue that the font-change could be so easily reversed. I'm glad they don't work on my computer security :-)

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[Editor's Note: The Perens.com site is undergoing the Slashdot effect at this time. A mirror site to the Perens article is below. -BKP]

Mirror Site

Related Stories:
InfoWorld: Linux Advocate: More SCO Evidence Flawed(Aug 21, 2003)
Two on Backfire of SCO's "Smoking Gun"(Aug 20, 2003)
Perens.com: Analysis of Linux Code SCO Alleges Is In Violation Of SCO Copyright and Trade Secrets(Aug 19, 2003)


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I got a present for Mr. McBride: http:// ...   /me shouts:   
Penguinisto
Aug 21, 2003, 17:11:20
 
We just cannot let this thing go like th ...   We must punish SCO managers   
ac
Aug 21, 2003, 17:44:28
 
I love his analysis.is  ...   Pure joy to read it :-)   
is
Aug 21, 2003, 18:28:59
 
Yes but the real business of pumping the ...   Stock Game   
anonymous
Aug 21, 2003, 19:17:22
 
 Yes but the real business of pumping th ...   Re: Stock Game   
a.c.
Aug 21, 2003, 20:32:45
 
It would be nice to get some comments fr ...   BSD reaction to this   
xxx
Aug 21, 2003, 20:33:40
 
> Yes but the real business of pumping t ...   Re: Stock Game   
GH
Aug 21, 2003, 22:39:53
 
> We must do something about this: start ...   Re: We must punish SCO managers   
Hans Bezemer
Aug 22, 2003, 14:09:06
 
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