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SCO officials said that the the environment [LKP] amounts to around 40,000 lines of code, plus around 2m drawn from the real Linux kernel tree.-- SCO PR, 2000-08-22

Although our notes from yesterday's session include the words of "subset" and "Linux kernel" - and so do notes of our colleagues - we're assured that this was a ZDNetification of the truth. It's all very odd - as we were even given detailed figures - but the word is now to disregard these completely.

Kienhoefer says that instead of taking a slice of the Linux kernel source, SCO has implemented a clean room set of interfaces. There's no Linux code there, so there's no obligation to publish anything GPL. That said, SCO will probably make source code available around October. The full LKP is scheduled for release by the end of the year.-- SCO PR, 2000-08-23

Our UNIX IP is a significant asset and for several months we have been holding internal discussions, exploring a wide range of possible strategies concerning this asset. We've reached no final decisions on any course of action.

SCO is a Linux vendor and a leading member of United Linux. Contrary to the claims in the Client Server News article, SCO has no desire to take legal action against fellow Linux vendors. As a normal part of business, SCO has had discussions with several legal experts in the field of intellectual property law, and these discussions included David Boies. Contrary to the claims in the Client Server News story, SCO has not engaged Mr. Boies to take legal action against our fellow Linux vendors.-- SCO PR, 2003-01-13

"Copyrights and patents are protection against strangers. Contracts are what you use against parties you have relationships with. From a legal standpoint, contracts end up being far stronger than anything you could do with copyrights."-- SCO PR, 2003-06-02

SCO was able to uncover the alleged violations by hiring three teams of experts, including a group from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology math department, to analyze the Linux and Unix source code for similarities. "All three found several instances where our Unix source code had been found in Linux," said an SCO spokesman.-- SCO PR, 2003-06-10

"Members of that consortium are lining up in droves to view that source code," the spokesman said.-- SCO PR, 2003-07-07

The SCO Group, Inc. encourages its directors and executive officers to sell the stock held by them through plans designed to qualify for the protections provided by Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.-- SCO PR, 2003-08-14

"We're the owners of the Unix (AT&T) System V code, and so we would know what it would look like," he said. "Until it comes to court, it's going to be our word against theirs."-- SCO PR, 2003-08-20

?We?re the owners of the Unix (AT&T) System V code, and so we would know what it would look like,? the company told McMillan and the IDG News Service. ?Until it comes to court, it?s going to be our word against theirs.?-- SCO PR, 2003-08-25

"No. SCO has never planned to sue Linux companies."

[...] "No. SCO has never made concrete plans to sue anyone."-- SCO PR, 2003-08-29

"Privately, in meetings we've had with them, some very large companies in the IT industry have told us that they have a lot of problems with the GPL," said the SCO Group spokesman.-- SCO PR, 2003-09-02

HP's actions this morning reaffirm the fact that enterprise end users running Linux are exposed to legal risks. Rather than deny the existence of substantial structural problems with Linux as many Open Source leaders have done, HP is acknowledging that issues exist and is attempting to be responsive to its customers' request for relief. HP's actions are driving the Linux industry towards a licensing program. In other words, Linux is not free.-- SCO PR, 2003-09-24

"We're seeking information from these individuals because of their recognized leadership roles in the evolution of Linux," a SCO spokesman said today. "We believe that their technical views will help to illuminate important issues related to the development of Linux and the validity of the GPL."-- SCO PR, 2003-11-13

"While citing a desire to understand what specific parts of Linux code are involved in this case, [IBM] has not chosen to subpoena any technical experts, but instead has subpoenaed those who have made investments in The SCO Group, along with one industry analyst who has said only that SCO's case should be taken seriously," the SCO spokesman said. "In some ways, IBM's list of subpoenas look less like an effort to unravel the critical technical issues of the case, and more like an effort to intimidate SCO investors."-- SCO PR, 2003-11-13

"SCO stands by its claims and looks forward to proving it in a court of law," A SCO representative told internetnews.com. "As we try to provide a SCO IP license, members of the Fortune 500 that we have communicated with either by mail or face to face really only have two choices -- license or litigate."-- SCO PR, 2003-11-24

The company continues "to have suspicions" that the open source community -- a global network of free software developers -- is behind Mydoom.A, as well as several previous, but lesser DoS attacks on SCO's site-- SCO PR, 2004-02-03


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