Article from Computerworld (English)

"How many lines of code in the Linux kernel are a direct copyright violation?"

"It's very extensive. It is many different sections of code ranging from five to 10 to 15 lines of code in multiple places that are of issue, up to large blocks of code that have been inappropriately copied into Linux in violation of our source-code licensing contract. That's in the kernel itself, so it is significant. It is not a line or two here or there. It was quite a surprise for us..."


---


Mr. Sontag acknowledges the possibility that even individual Linux users will be sued. He also says that certain people will be allowed to see the Unix System V source code next month, providing they sign non-disclosure agreements. The acronym GPL is not present in the article, so that issue was not addressed.

Be sure to browse the
reader comments
if you're really interested in the case.