Comments on: Where are you Darl? http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/ Drama! Intrigue! Geekiness! Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jayanth http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/comment-page-1/#comment-2953 jayanth Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:37:02 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/#comment-2953 the SCO group. In this campaign SCO "announced that Linux contained SCO's UNIX System V source code and that Linux was an unauthorized derivative of UNIX" the SCO group.
In this campaign SCO “announced that Linux contained SCO’s UNIX System V source code and that Linux was an unauthorized derivative of UNIX”

]]> By: yaksha http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/comment-page-1/#comment-2952 yaksha Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:32:13 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/#comment-2952 SCO SCO Group claims that the 2.4 version of the Linux kernel contains code copied from SCO's Unix System V kernel. SCO
SCO Group claims that the 2.4 version of the Linux kernel contains code copied from SCO’s Unix System V kernel.

]]> By: Prasad http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/comment-page-1/#comment-2951 Prasad Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:50:46 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/#comment-2951 SCO. They claimed Linux violated Unix copy-rights. SCO.
They claimed Linux violated Unix copy-rights.

]]> By: shenoyvarun86 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/comment-page-1/#comment-2949 shenoyvarun86 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:15:31 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/#comment-2949 Is this Darl McBrides Caldera International and their claim of IP for various UNIX OS's....Just Wiki!! Is this Darl McBrides Caldera International and their claim of IP for various UNIX OS’s….Just Wiki!!

]]> By: shashank http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/comment-page-1/#comment-2948 shashank Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:15:58 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/#comment-2948 The SCO Group, Inc referring to the infamous SCO vs IBM lawsuit The SCO Group, Inc
referring to the infamous SCO vs IBM lawsuit

]]> By: bs http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/comment-page-1/#comment-2947 bs Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:11:35 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/#comment-2947 SCO claimed that IBM's contribution to Linux source code was illegal, basically that Linux benefited from System V code (which SCO "owned") and sued IBM, Red Hat, and whole host of licensees including Daimler Chrysler(!). The hint points to Darl MacBride, SCO's head honcho and frequently lampooned User Friendly character. Which IMHO is a lot funnier and geekier than xkcd and I'm surprised you guys haven't introduced it here yet. Check it out at: http://www.userfriendly.org/ SCO claimed that IBM’s contribution to Linux source code was illegal, basically that Linux benefited from System V code (which SCO “owned”) and sued IBM, Red Hat, and whole host of licensees including Daimler Chrysler(!). The hint points to Darl MacBride, SCO’s head honcho and frequently lampooned User Friendly character. Which IMHO is a lot funnier and geekier than xkcd and I’m surprised you guys haven’t introduced it here yet. Check it out at: http://www.userfriendly.org/

]]> By: prasanth http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/comment-page-1/#comment-2946 prasanth Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:02:34 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/#comment-2946 The company is SCO Their claims are that linux stole the code from SCO The company is SCO
Their claims are that linux stole the code from SCO

]]> By: rajeshvj http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/comment-page-1/#comment-2945 rajeshvj Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:29:27 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/#comment-2945 1. Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) Group 2. The claim that IBM fudged "large" blocks of code from SCO UNIX and put them in the Linux kernel. 1. Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) Group

2. The claim that IBM fudged “large” blocks of code from SCO UNIX and put them in the Linux kernel.

]]> By: Ganesh Prasad http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/comment-page-1/#comment-2943 Ganesh Prasad Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:15:42 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/#comment-2943 SCO Group "claims that the 2.4 version of the Linux kernel contains code copied from SCO's Unix System V kernel." SCO Group
“claims that the 2.4 version of the Linux kernel contains code copied from SCO’s Unix System V kernel.”

]]> By: duriel http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/comment-page-1/#comment-2942 duriel Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:07:28 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/01/27/where-are-you-darl/#comment-2942 The company: SCO (formerly Caldera, now nothing). The claim: that copyrighted unix code was used in linux. SCO went on to sue companies like IBM,Novell,RedHat... in pursuit of full copyright ownership over unix, and general unpopularity. the man behind the madness was Darl McBride(clue). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO-Linux_controversies note: why was this too obvious? i mean, the answer is right there in the question. The company: SCO (formerly Caldera, now nothing).
The claim: that copyrighted unix code was used in linux.

SCO went on to sue companies like IBM,Novell,RedHat… in pursuit of full copyright ownership over unix, and general unpopularity. the man behind the madness was Darl McBride(clue).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.....troversies

note: why was this too obvious? i mean, the answer is right there in the question.

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