April 15, 2004
Protecting Linux
Posted by nerdling | April 15, 2004 11:03 AM
I've blogged about this issue before, but the SCO Group's lawsuit over Linux is producing more and more interesting news. Today on salon.com there is an article about Open Source Risk Management, a firm offering insurance against future lawsuits over the ownership of Unix and the legitimacy of the Linux kernel. Basically, the firm is doing research, taking Linux apart and verifying the identity of each developer who contributed code to the system, checking the origin of each piece of code and comparing it to a massive database of software, in an attempt to have complete knowledge of the contents of Linux so as to safeguard users against claims of plagiarism, stealing or misuse.
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