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Answering SCO Bit by Bit: a.out.h, errno.h and the GPL

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 16, 2009

“I find include/linux/a.out.h and include/asm-i386/errno.h as
well as the name of a Caldera employee, Torsten Duwe, and the GPL
referenced, as well as the credit to Caldera Systems and a mention
of calderalabs.com. The CD is copyrighted 2000, and printed on the
CD it says that source code for OpenLinux eServer 2.3 was available
at www.calderasystems.com/eServer. It’s available on the CD as
well, happily, since SCO has removed the page listed on the CD, as
they have so much that Groklaw published that shows they have been
serving up an order of baloney.

“So I opened it up from the CD in emacs,
linux-kernel-include-2.2.14-1S.i386.rpm, and there’s the very
a.out.h and errno.h files listed as verboten, as big as life, in
Caldera’s very own product.. Maybe it’s best if I just show you
some screenshots of what I saw:”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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