Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:55:08 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, Tommy Hallgren <thallgren@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Linus on IRC Message-ID: <4.1.19990210155320.03fc67f0@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990210152232.asmodai@wxs.nl> References: <19990210110744.28561.rocketmail@send102.yahoomail.com>
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At 03:22 PM 2/10/99 +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: >Sorry to shatter dreams, but Linus has been ignorant in a lot of ways. He >took Andy's Minix sources, changed them to work for Intel chips, discussed >this all with Tanenbaum, Andy does however admire the work Linux has done >but Linus has been an ungrateful `student'. What's more, because he looked at Andy's source and made gradual changes to it, Linux -- as a work -- is a derivative of Minix. Therefore, Andy has a right to any money that's made from Linux and could actually prohibit its use or distribution. He could sue Linus for copyright infringement and Red Hat for contributory infringement. --Brett "Rules? This is the Internet." -- Dan Gillmor To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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