21 Nov
2003
21 Nov
'03
5:21 a.m.
Keep laughing - the Message-Id of Dion Johnson's email (as archived at
http://www.lemis.com/grog/UNIX/) is 20020123150337.A12595(a)sco.com
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Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregg C Levine" <hansolofalcon(a)worldnet.att.net>
To: "'Kenneth Stailey'" <kstailey(a)yahoo.com>;
<TUHS(a)tuhs.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:44 PM
Subject: RE: [TUHS] SCO reveals major UNIXT IP violations
Hello (again) from Gregg C Levine
Kenneth, doesn't that mean, that their case can be closed, because
they themselves are the guilty party? Caldera was bought by SCO. Why,
I can't imagine, though. I remember reading that PDF, as it sits on
the website that hosts our list, just to make sure I could use their
products. I'd laugh at their stupidity, but its not worth laughing at.
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-----Original Message-----
From: tuhs-bounces(a)minnie.tuhs.org
[mailto:tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org] On
Behalf Of Kenneth Stailey
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 4:39 PM
To: TUHS(a)tuhs.org
Subject: [TUHS] SCO reveals major UNIXT IP violations
an excerpt:
<< SCO this week said it was "examining" the AT&T settlement to see
who might
have leaked the ancient AT&T-derived UNIXT code
and put it into a
BSD
distribution. Allowing such hallowed innovations to be
used under an
open
source license, would, we agreed thoroughly devalue
SCO's IP assets.
So we set about looking for who could perpetrate such a foul
violation. And
deep on a warez site of dubious origins, we unearthed
a highly
incriminating
statement.
There we found a script kiddie shameless boasting of his crime. The
poster
claimed that he'd released -
"... the ancient UNIX releases (V1-7 and 32V) under a "BSD-style"
license. I've
attached a PDF of the license letter hereto. Feel free
to propogate
it as you
see fit"
Propagate? We shivered. The subject line of the email confirmed our
worst
fears.
[...]
So after a little digging, we traced this serious UNIXT violation to
a hacker
outfit called "Caldera Inc." The email was
datelined 23 Jan 2002.
Perhaps using an assumed identity, the hacker signed himself as
"Dion L.
Johnson II - Product Manager and one of many open
source enthusiasts
in Caldera
Intl."
We shall be doing some more digging soon, to see where these hackers
can be
traced.
And as dutiful citizens, we shall inform The SCO Group of these
violations as
our enquiries continue. As soon as we find out who
these Caldera
hackers are.
Can you help? >>
complete article:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34102.html
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