A group of developers has signed a statement condemning binary-only Linux modules, which it argues can wreak havoc on Linux deployments, particularly because without the source code available ...

With copyrights in hand, SCO said it will authorize companies to run binary code and applications based on Linux 2.4x kernels and higher only if they license SCO's UnixWare proprietary operating ...

"Certain copyrighted application binary interfaces have been copied verbatim from our copyrighted Unix code base and contributed to Linux for distribution under the General Public License (GPL ...

The letter said, among other things, that Unix licensees “must include” a statement indicating that the licensee “is not running any binary code that was compiled from any version of Linux ...

Here are eight Linux commands for looking into binary files and viewing details about what executables are doing when they run.