To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (143 ) 7/22/2006 11:37:11 AM From: Scott C. Lemon Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 239 Hello Glenn, Well ... here goes the next volley ... and it's got more interesting twists. Forbes has a write-up here: forbes.com The actual PDF of the filing is here: groklaw.net The real interesting part:"Weeks after SCO filed its lawsuit, IBM directed 'dozens' of its Linux developers...to delete the AIX and/or Dynix source code from their computers, " SCO's objection claims. "One IBM Linux developer has admitted to destroying source code and tests, as well as pre-March 2003 drafts of source code he had written for Linux while referring to Dynix code on his computer, " SCO says. And more from the actual filing:"Moreover, Mr. Rochkind’s testimony goes further and establishes that where SCO did have source code coordinates, it was provided. There are roughly 100 items not challenged by IBM that are largely source code disclosures . In addition, “for many of the challenged items in the December Submission, there is code imbedded in the disclosure email or other document, or found at a referenced URL (internet website) address.” (Rochkind Decl. ¶ 11, Exh. 2.) For example, Item No. 3 (Exh. 13) is NUMA/ptx locking routines contributed to Linux. The December Submission states (at 5) that the “code in the 4 associated source code files appeared in a patch for the 2.4.6 kernel” and provides an internet address for the patch . Inexplicably, items such as this and others of similar nature have been struck." The Magistrate Judge’s Order goes so far as to strike SCO submissions where the code associated with a particular method and concept is cited in the Report, but cannot be accessed because it resides in an IBM server to which only IBM has access. This is true, for example, of Item No. 146, involving differential profiling. (Rochkind Decl. ¶¶ 13-15, Case 2:03-cv-00294-DAK-BCW Document 724 Filed 07/17/2006 Page 41 of 60 36 Exh. 2.) This was in fact the only misused method that IBM’s expert discussed. Rochkind explained that the disclosed method includes a URL to Dynix source code that SCO could not access: “The URL referencing the Dynix/ptx scripts is for an internal IBM server to which neither SCO nor I have access. It is part of the Linux development materials that SCO sought from IBM, but that appear not to have been produced. Accordingly, the actual code cannot be present in Item No. 146, although IBM has access to it.” (Rochkind Decl. n.3 at 6, Exh. 2) (emphasis added).) In stating that there was “no evidence” before her of SCO’s inability to comply with the July 2005 Order as she interpreted it, the Magistrate Judge thus ignored the foregoing expert testimony and compounded her erroneous decision not to consider such evidence with respect to the Items individually. If you read the actual filing, then the section titled "The Failure to Consider the Adequacy of Disclosures on an Item-by- Item Basis" on page 41 is a must read. It argues some of the specific details of where IBM employees shared code with the Linux community. Also ... Item B on page 50 is stunning ... it's the specific information about the IBM orders to delete source code from employees machines. The last key point is that they reiterate this is a case about violation of contract law ... not copyright law. This is continuing to be a very interesting case ... and I'm looking to buy more stock on Monday ... just for the fun of it. ;-) Scott C. Lemonthe.inevitable.org