Linked by Roberto J. Dohnert on Tue 10th Jun 2003 01:06 UTC
On March 7th 2003, the SCO Group filed a lawsuit against IBM for misappropriation of tradesecrets and contractual agreements. The scope of SCOs complaint is that IBM introduced parts of Unix System V and Project Monterey into the Linux kernel. Project Monterey was a effort to port IBM's AIX 5L onto the Intel Itanium platform, IBM withdrew from that project for reasons unknown according to the press, I believe that it was because the Itanium is a bomb. 
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Since SCO has now shown "analysts" this code, with the "analysts" stating in public that the lines of code are identical, isn't it appropriate for Linux kernel developers to start a lawsuit against SCO alleging copyright violation? After all, there is Linux code in UnixWare, right? Absent some proof of origin, which SCO refuses to provide or elaborate upon, there's nothing to say the code didn't go in the other direction.
Linux has proof of origin: publically available sources, checkin logs, etc. Sue them for infringement. At the very least, it will put the shoe on the other foot, so to speak, and force SCO to prove the origin of their code to the Linux developers, who would not be bound by any kind of NDA (although SCO might be able to get a gag order). Stop playing by their rules.