Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 03:59:53 +0000 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Pat Lynch <lynch@rush.net> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jasone@canonware.com, smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com Subject: Re: Microsoft's breaches of contract (was: FBSD license and multiple copyright holders) Message-ID: <980712035953.ZM14961@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> "Re: Microsoft's breaches of contract (was: FBSD license and multiple copyright holders)" (Jul 12, 12:49pm) References: <199807110349.VAA28411@lariat.lariat.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980711003329.1108G-100000@bytor.rush.net> <19980711142500.C23241@freebie.lemis.com> <grog@lemis.com> <980712031453.ZM14755@darkstar.connect.com> <19980712124913.R23241@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Jul 12, 12:49pm, Greg Lehey wrote: > Subject: Re: Microsoft's breaches of contract (was: FBSD license and mult > On Sunday, 12 July 1998 at 3:14:53 +0000, Frank Pawlak wrote: > > On Jul 11, 2:25pm, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> Subject: Re: Microsoft's breaches of contract (was: FBSD license and mult > >> On Saturday, 11 July 1998 at 0:34:56 -0400, Pat Lynch wrote: > >>> On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Brett Glass wrote: > >>>> Interestingly, the Microsoft Windows 95 implementations of a few TCP/IP > >>>> utilities are said to have Berkeley copyright notices in the code, which > >>>> means they're probably derived from FreeBSD utilities. Is Microsoft giving > >>>> credit to the developers? If it isn't, it may be violating the > >>>> Berkeley-style license and thus could be the target of a copyright > >>>> lawsuit. > >>>> > >>>> Hmmm. Now there's an idea. Anyone care to research this? > >>> > >>> I talked to a guy from Apple, and they use alot of BSD derived code in Mac > >>> OS X Server (Rhapsody 1.0) and they said they do not have to distribute > >>> code, just include UCB's copyright notice > >> > >> That's correct. > >> > >>> and make the code available on request.... > >> > >> No, there's no obligation to make the code available on request. > >> > >>> now MS *might* do this if we asked (unlikely, but hey, worth a try) > >> > >> It would certainly be worth a try. > > > > God Greg, why would you ever want Micros*@#t code? I am sure on you worst days > > you write better code by accident than they do on purpose. ;-) > > I think we're misunderstanding each other. I was suggesting that > somebody (not me :-) should try to get Microslop to adhere to the > license conditions and declare that their software includes > Berkeley-derived programs. > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message >-- End of excerpt from Greg Lehey I am pulling your leg as we Yanks say. I know your intent, just playing with your words. Regards, Frank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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