Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 19:09:39 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: M$ anti-trust case Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000428190858.00b6b500@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004281421110.78801-100000@freefall.freebsd. org> References: <4.3.1.2.20000426171753.044954b0@localhost>
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At 03:21 PM 4/28/2000, Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Brett Glass wrote: > > > Actually, the original point I made was that Symantec wantonly > > copied Steve's surface analysis algorithms -- they literally > > took the assembly code verbatim! -- and then licensed the > > code to Microsoft. So, Steve's work is in a Microsoft product > > and he's gotten no payment for it. > >So he should have GPLed the code so it couldn't be ripped off by those >corporate fascists? :-) Yeah, right. Actually, if he'd GPLed it he would first have had to prove that the GPL was valid and enforceable. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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