When we take a top-tier view of the amount of code showing up inside of Linux today that is either directly related to our Unix System 5 that we directly own or is related to one of our flavors of Unix that we have derivative works rights over--we don't necessarily own those flavors, but we have control rights over how that information gets disseminated--the amount is substantial. We're not talking about just lines of code; we're talking about entire programs. We're talking about hundred [sic] of thousands of lines of code.
Obviously Linux owes its heritage to UNIX, but not its code. We would not, nor will not, make such a claim. - Darl Mcbride
Obviously Linux owes its heritage to UNIX, but not its code. We would not, nor will not, make such a claim.
- Darl Mcbride
Linux doesn't have IP roots. - Darl Mcbride
Linux doesn't have IP roots.
Mark my words, there will be a day that will come when you will all see many, many documents that will directly contradict IBM's current public postu… - Darl Mcbride
Mark my words, there will be a day that will come when you will all see many, many documents that will directly contradict IBM's current public postu…
We counted over a million lines of code that we allege are infringed in the Linux kernel today. - Darl Mcbride
We counted over a million lines of code that we allege are infringed in the Linux kernel today.
And C++ programming languages, we own those, have licensed them out multiple times, obviously. We have a lot of royalties coming to us from C++. - Darl Mcbride
And C++ programming languages, we own those, have licensed them out multiple times, obviously. We have a lot of royalties coming to us from C++.
At the end of the day, the GPL is not about making software free; it's about destroying value. - Darl Mcbride
At the end of the day, the GPL is not about making software free; it's about destroying value.
When we take a top-tier view of the amount of code showing up inside of Linux today that is either directly related to our Unix System 5 that we dire… - Darl Mcbride
When we take a top-tier view of the amount of code showing up inside of Linux today that is either directly related to our Unix System 5 that we dire…
I've been pounding the table here for a year or so saying there's no free lunch, and there is going to be a day of reckoning for every company that t… - Darl Mcbride
I've been pounding the table here for a year or so saying there's no free lunch, and there is going to be a day of reckoning for every company that t…
IBM has taken our valuable trade secrets and given them away to Linux. - Darl Mcbride
IBM has taken our valuable trade secrets and given them away to Linux.
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