Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 23:51:22 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Alex <freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stolen BSD code found in Linux kernel Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20020916234903.00bf67a0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4417215744.20020916215255@dds.nl>
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At 01:52 PM 9/16/2002, Alex wrote: >Hello/Beste , > >I was browsing trough a news directory and found this article. Does >anybody has the story how it ended? Does anyone know if it happened >again? > >http://slashdot.org/bsd/01/09/24/1432223.shtml It doubtless happens all the time. The GPL zealots are unwilling to admit that BSD code has any merit whatsoever, and so refuse to give credit or preserve the copyright notice or license in many cases. Yes, they're engaging in theft, but being unethical already (the GPL being an unethical attempt to destroy developers' livelihoods) they don't care. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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