Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:37:54 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Alex <freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stolen BSD code found in Linux kernel Message-ID: <20020918030754.GB33163@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20020916234903.00bf67a0@localhost> References: <4417215744.20020916215255@dds.nl> <4.3.2.7.2.20020916234903.00bf67a0@localhost>
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On Monday, 16 September 2002 at 23:51:22 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 01:52 PM 9/16/2002, Alex wrote: > >> Hello/Beste , >> >> I was browsing trough a news directory and found this article. Does >> anybody has the story how it ended? Does anyone know if it happened >> again? >> >> http://slashdot.org/bsd/01/09/24/1432223.shtml > > It doubtless happens all the time. The GPL zealots are unwilling to > admit that BSD code has any merit whatsoever, and so refuse to give > credit or preserve the copyright notice or license in many cases. > Yes, they're engaging in theft, but being unethical already (the > GPL being an unethical attempt to destroy developers' livelihoods) > they don't care. Well, far be it for me to try to teach you a balanced view of the community, but maybe I can point you to some facts. As others have pointed out, this issue is a year old. In addition, it was resolved almost before it started. Take a look at http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=21918&cid=2348894. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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