From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 17 10:51:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E76537B401 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:51:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from primus.vsservices.com (primus.vsservices.com [63.66.136.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C255443E75 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:51:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gclarkii@vsservices.com) Received: from prime.vsservices.com (conr-adsl-dhcp-26-247.txucom.net [209.34.26.247]) by primus.vsservices.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id g8HHpjmt006415; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:51:46 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from gclarkii@vsservices.com) Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:51:45 -0500 From: GB Clark To: Kris Kirby Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stolen BSD code found in Linux kernel Message-Id: <20020917125145.6503e3ed.gclarkii@vsservices.com> In-Reply-To: References: <3D870678.1080004@inspire.net.nz> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.2 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.6) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 11:37:48 +0000 (GMT) Kris Kirby wrote: > On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Bruce Harding wrote: > > Isn't this like a year old, and it turned out to be just one guy who > > does this sort of thing frequently? > > Yes, and IIRC the BSD code was demonstration/reference code from a > manufacturer. > > If they knew anything about law, would they be software developers? ;-) > > -- > Kris Kirby, KE4AHR TGIFreeBSD IM: 'KrisBSD' > "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!" > This message brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security I think the big thing was the not the code usage, but the fact that wholesale lots where used without attribution. If it would have been just structures, Ok, but variable names AND the comments to the code??? The comments were what got me... Plus the guys reaction to the slashdot article; It reminded me of a sixth grader! The same thing happened again with some other code, either IPC or SCSI, but I don't have the reference at my finger tips. GB -- GB Clark II | Roaming FreeBSD Admin gclarkii@VSServices.COM | General Geek CTHULU for President - Why choose the lesser of two evils? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message