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Thursday, March 4, 2004

Judge to SCO: Prove It -- 8:18 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

I forgot to post about this one yesterday, but the judge in the SCO v. IBM case has ordered SCO to show specific lines of code in AIX to prove their point. They have 45 days to comply. Here's a snip:

The order is in. She tells both sides to comply with discovery, but in the case of IBM, she specifically restricts the requirement that they provide AIX versions to the 232 offered by IBM's lawyer, David Marriott, at the last hearing on February 6. SCO must demonstrate a need for more if they want more. But they don't get every AIX version from the beginning, as they had repeatedly requested. SCO has 45 days to comply fully with IBM's discovery demands. Remember, that is what IBM asked for, that SCO be given a date to comply.

SCO has 45 days to identify "all specific lines of code" they allege IBM put into Linux from AIX or Dynix; identify and provide "with specificity all lines of code in Linux that it claims rights to; provide and identify with specificity the lines of code that SCO distributed to other parties, and this is to include "where applicable the conditions of release, to whom the code was released, the date and under what circumstances such code was released."

I really like the way IBM is playing this. It might seem at first like the justice system is going way too slowly. In reality, IBM is just giving SCO enough rope to hang themselves with. It's a good old-fashioned blood-letting.

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