From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Jun 10 17:16:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA28586 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:16:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA28258; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:14:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dyson@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA10898; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:14:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from dyson) Message-Id: <199806110014.TAA10898@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Copyright infringement in FreeBSD/alpha In-Reply-To: from "Charles M. Hannum" at "Jun 10, 98 06:42:13 pm" To: mycroft@mit.edu (Charles M. Hannum) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:14:10 -0500 (EST) Cc: dg@root.com, thorpej@nas.nasa.gov, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, core@FreeBSD.ORG, cgd@netbsd.org, ross@netbsd.org, core@netbsd.org From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Charles M. Hannum said: > > David Greenman writes: > > > If this is indeed "not the first time that something like this has > > happened", and there is another instance where this needs to be corrected, > > then by all means point it out so that it can be corrected. I'm not aware > > of any such cases ever occuring before myself, however. > > I suppose that depends on how far back you want to go. I distinctly > recall another case of code being copied without retaining a notice, > and I was personally flamed quite vehemently when I mentioned it in in > a private forum. I can't claim there are more -- though I do wonder > -- because I haven't paid much attention to FreeBSD code since then. > > At any rate, this discussion can only lead to more flames. > I remember something about that, but the allegations were very very untrue. I even witnessed the evolution of the code in question. At best, the allegation was a mistake. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message