Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 05:36:37 -0700 From: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> To: Andrew <perl@ukrpost.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL, BSD, Artistic license Message-ID: <20020702123637.GA2389@HAL9000.wox.org> In-Reply-To: <16333408538.20020702103951@ukrpost.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0207012225020.13448-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> <16333408538.20020702103951@ukrpost.net>
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Thus spake Andrew <perl@ukrpost.net>: [snip topic that's bound to start another flamewar] > <OT> > By the way, I heard on Zdnet that micro$oft uses some code from > FreeBSD in their w2k. How did they do that? I've never seen BSD > copyright notice in w2k. I thought BSDL applies to modified software > even if it's distributed in binary forms. > </OT> Microsoft has been lifting BSDL'd code for years, although they don't always `remember' to say so in their release notes. They usually mangle the attribution somehow, by using their own wording for the license, or putting the license in one place and the copyright in another (see link below). At least they're not as bad as Red Hat with other people's intellectual property. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q306819#10 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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