On Sunday, 3 November 2024 at 19:17:03 -0600, Will Senn wrote: > It happened in September, apparently, but is only now making the rounds. > Darl McBride, known for taking everybody and his brother to court over > stolen code, has passed away. > > https://fossforce.com/2024/11/once-linuxs-biggest-enemy-darl-mcbride-dies-and-nobody-notices/ Oh. As you say, RIP. > I actually remember liking SCO back in the day, before the company > leadership went dark-side. These days, we get to play with ancient unix cuz > of their license. Yes. SCO really changed between 2002 and 2003. > Is there a concise summary of the SCO suits and fallout out there? I've seen > a lot on the AT&T side of things, but other than having lived through it, > I've not seen much on what eventually happened and why it all sort of just > dissappeared. Not quite what you're looking for, but at the time I kept quite a bit of information at http://www.lemis.com/grog/SCO/ It's a bit of a mess, and a lot of the links have atrophied, but some of it could be interesting. Potentially the reference to BSD code in the fossforce article could be related to http://www.lemis.com/grog/SCO/code-comparison.php Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA.php