Open source troubles
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 2, 2003 at 10:30:25 PM
Here is a large slap in the face for Linux, and IBM. SCO is charging that IBM has copied and pasted lines from its Unix OS into Linux. That is a serious charge, taking copyrighting source code and putting into Linux.
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The claim could cause consternation in the open-source community, which develops Linux and countless other projects through a collaborative, sharing approach that contrasts strongly with the proprietary methods of companies such as Microsoft. The open-source movement prides itself on its programmers' independent creativity and on the fact that its methods have produced software that rivals programs created by closed efforts at the most powerful computing companies.