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Linus Torvalds Refutes SCO Copyright Claims
Open-source experts offered detailed analysis that refutes the SCO groups recent claim of copyright violations in Linux. Linus Torvalds sees fingerprints in the files in question.
[blockquote]In a letter sent last week to Linux companies, The SCO Group Inc made a number of specific claims about programs within Linux it contends were stolen from its Unix intellectual property. However, several Linux experts, including Linux founder Linus Torvalds, on Monday countered SCO's assessment, wondering if the programs cited by SCO are Linux through and through.
Eric Raymond, president of the Open Source Initiative, told eWEEK.com there was a good reason why some of the code looked similar. "Do you know that there is not one bit of executable code in those files? They're pretty much all macros and declarations forced by POSIX and other technical standards."
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[blockquote]In a letter sent last week to Linux companies, The SCO Group Inc made a number of specific claims about programs within Linux it contends were stolen from its Unix intellectual property. However, several Linux experts, including Linux founder Linus Torvalds, on Monday countered SCO's assessment, wondering if the programs cited by SCO are Linux through and through.
Eric Raymond, president of the Open Source Initiative, told eWEEK.com there was a good reason why some of the code looked similar. "Do you know that there is not one bit of executable code in those files? They're pretty much all macros and declarations forced by POSIX and other technical standards."
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