X0201 42003-12-10 0001096199 VA SOFTWARE CORP lnux 0001135190 JENAB ALI 47071 BAYSIDE PARKWAY FREMONT CA 94538 1100President and CEONon Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)2.982003-12-104A03250000A2004-01-102013-12-10Common Stock325000325000DThis Option vests monthly as to one forty-eighth (1/48th) of the subject shares beginning on 1/10/04 and as to one forty eighth (1/48th) of the remaining shares each succeeding month thereafter.Ali Jenab2003-12-11