Analysis of SCO's lists of "infringing files" from the Linux kernel
I have prepared an analysis of SCO's lists that they provided to IBM in their Supplemental Responses to IBM's First Set of Interrogatories. This analysis can be seen here.
SCO still providing Linux source under the GPL:
(source code for ftptree, the program I wrote to generate these lists)
- ftp.sco.com
| Date |
All Files |
Linux Source |
2.4 Kernels |
| August 7, 2003 |
all files |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| August 18, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-08-07) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| August 25, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-08-18) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| September 2, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-08-25) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| September 3, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-09-02) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| September 16, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-09-03) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| September 26, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-09-16) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| September 29, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-09-26) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| October 13, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-09-29) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| October 17, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-10-13) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| October 28, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-10-17) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| November 1, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-10-28) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| November 7, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-11-01) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| November 18, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-11-07) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| December 11, 2003 |
all files (diff from 2003-11-18) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| January 9, 2004 |
all files (diff from 2003-12-11) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
| September 14, 2004 |
all files (diff from 2004-01-09) |
linux-source |
2.4 kernels |
- ftp2.sco.com
- stage.caldera.com
- ftp.beta.caldera.com
- List of all files on stage.caldera.com (August 24, 2003 at 1:00am)
- does www.sco.de/www.caldera.de run an FTP server?
- Files on jp.caldera.com/www.sco.co.jp (2003-08-25)
- Files on ftp.sco.co.jp (2003-09-02)
- Files on artemis.sco.com (also www2.sco.com) (2003-09-02)
- ftp.sco.com.cn runs an ftp server, but doesn't accept anonymous?
- www.sco.com.br runs an ftp server, but doesn't accept anonymous?
- does wdb1.caldera.com run an ftp server?
- does www.caldera.com.mx run an ftp server?
- There does not appear to be an ftp server at shop.caldera.com (2003-08-25)
- List of files at a former SCO mirror site (note that the BPF code is contained in bsd-sources/sys/net)
- Files at former SCO mirror on ftp.nluug.nl
- Files at former SCO mirror on ftp.celestial.com
- A Result from a Google search for SCO ftp sites
Please let me know if anyone knows of additional ftp servers maintained by SCO.
SCO has said Sun is okay
Fortunately, we can also get our Linux source code (under the GPL) from them:
As of August 18, 2003 at 1:00am,
List of Linux kernel source packages at ftp.cobalt.sun.com (from Sun Linux)
just 2.4 kernels
Source Code shown during SCOForum Slide Show
Slide show from SCO presentation at SCOForum on August 18, 2003 (local cache)
Analysis by Bruce Perens, Greg Lehey and Eric Raymond
Official source for the BPF code from Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.