Did the SCO Group plant UnixWare source in the Linux kernel?

From: The Spirit of Open Source (tsoos@scoloses.org)
Date: Thu May 01 2003 - 22:21:36 EST

This C|Net news article says the SCO Group claims to have found many instances
of copyrighted UnixWare source code being inserted verbatim into the Linux
kernel:

        http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1016_3-999371.html

I can see a Linux developer copying copy from one of BSDs (which is cool), but
UnixWare?!? Come on.

If there's UnixWare source in the Linux kernel, a SCO Group employee put it
there! After all, who else would have such easy access to UnixWare sources?

If a SCO Group employee put the UnixWare source code into Linux, that begs the
question:

        Did the SCO Group conspire to plant copyrighted code in the Linux
        kernel so they could sue IBM for US$1 billion?

I believe the Justice Department calls that fraud, and that's a crime that CEOs
go to jail for. Are you listening Darl McBride?

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