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SGI and ate_utils

By hgc, Section Diary
Posted on Fri Dec 10th, 2004 at 06:26:20 EST

In September of 2003 we learned that SGI had inadvertently included some code in their Linux contributions that was, in fact, from UNIX SYSTEM V. This code was contained in a C source file named ate_utils.c

The code in this file was of dubious copyright status, and the malloc routine contained therein used an algorithm published in Dr. Knuth's 1968 book, "The Art of Computer Programming." The SCO Group nevertheless used this example of 'infringement' as a reason why one would need to obtain a license from them in order to run Linux.

I posted the following analysis to Groklaw. This analysis shows that this 'infringing' code is used in the kernel only for specific Itanium based computers sold by SGI. I have cleaned this up a bit from what was posted at Groklaw (Geeklog borked the formatting of the Makefile extracts). The original Groklaw post can be seen in context by searching for posts by "Harry Clayton" and look for the post Authored by: Harry Clayton on Tuesday, October 07 2003 @ 03:27 AM EDT with the subject line "SCO Says SGI Isn't Doing Enough, but What Would Be? --And Details on SGI's Code Comparison". I am reposting this here because I intended that this analysis be findable by a google search so that no one would have to waste their time doing it again.

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