“Obviously Linux owes its heritage to UNIX, but not its code. We would not, nor will not, make such a claim.” ClaimsCodeHeritageLinuxUnix Author:Darl McBride
“IBM has taken our valuable trade secrets and given them away to Linux.” GivenSecretTakenTradeValuableLinuxIbm Author:Darl McBride
“We're not talking about insignificant amounts of code. It's substantial System V code showing up in Linux.” TalkingAmountCodeInsignificantNot TalkingShowing UpLinux Author: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 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.” TodayLinesViewsTalkingRightsInformationAmountHundredProgramCodeRelatedFlavorNot TalkingShowing UpDerivativesLinuxUnix Author:Darl McBride
“We counted over a million lines of code that we allege are infringed in the Linux kernel today.” TodayLinesMillionsCodeLinuxKernel Author:Darl McBride
“The business model of Linux distribution is broken; it's like the business model of the dotcoms. Running your company on Linux is like running your company on Napster.” RunningCompanyBrokenModelsDistributionLinuxBusiness ModelsNapster Author:Darl McBride
