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:The Inquirer: Open Source Coders Caught Stealing Open Source Code
The Inquirer: Open Source Coders Caught Stealing Open Source Code
Apr 6, 2007, 14 :15 UTC (23 Talkback[s]) (12002 reads)

(Other stories by Gijs Hillenius)

"Developers of OpenBSD took code from their brethren at Linux, violating the code's licence, the GPL. To the horror of the Linux folk, the OpenBSD licence allows proprietary use.

"The Linux coders went to great pains to reverse engineer Broadcom's wireless chipset. The company's hardware is found in many wireless devices, but Broadcom shuns open source.

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
It is obvious that the BSD bcw team lift ...   The whole exchange caused me to wonder ....   
GreyGeek
Apr 6, 2007, 15:53:07
 
> but their theft of code has now put pa ...   Re: The whole exchange caused me to wonder ....   
Tony OBryan
Apr 6, 2007, 16:00:20
 
Please avoid using the words "theft" or  ...   Re: Re: The whole exchange caused me to wonder ...   
Kevin Dean
Apr 6, 2007, 16:12:57
 
 Please avoid using the words "theft" or ...   Re: Re: Re: The whole exchange caused me to wonder   
GreyGeek
Apr 6, 2007, 17:35:37
 
This is the first occurance of illegal c ...   Re: Re: Re:   
Han
Apr 6, 2007, 18:13:21
 
Good lord, those BSD people do squall!It ...   Childish reactions   
Rufus Polson
Apr 6, 2007, 19:10:05
 
This crazy and vicious "GPL enforcement  ...   The pot calling the kettle “black”   
bsd.forever
Apr 6, 2007, 19:24:27
 
That's about the best statement I ha ...   Use a quarter   
taurnil
Apr 6, 2007, 20:33:44
 
You shouldn't use the word "theft" b ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: The whole exchange caused me to wo   
Joe
Apr 6, 2007, 20:55:33
 
Just slap a GPL license on that part of  ...   Simple fix   
Tom Henderson
Apr 6, 2007, 21:23:54
 
Freedom in human society has the interes ...   pots and kettles   
Gary Stewart
Apr 6, 2007, 22:36:43
 
This crazy and vicious "GPL enforcement  ...   Re: The pot calling the kettle “black”   
Grishnakh
Apr 6, 2007, 22:49:12
 
People here are so stupid! This is not t ...   RE: The pot calling the kettle “black”   
r
Apr 6, 2007, 23:14:22
 
If there is dirty behind this, I can und ...   open source?   
Jose
Apr 7, 2007, 01:46:43
 
The real issue here is that by using GPL ...   Re: RE: The pot calling the kettle “black”   
Steve M
Apr 7, 2007, 02:27:18
 
> This crazy and vicious "GPL enforcemen ...   Re: The pot calling the kettle “black”   
Sid Boyce
Apr 7, 2007, 02:29:56
 
>> Likewise you can't reissue BSD co ...   Re: Re: RE: The pot calling the kettle �black�   
Jose
Apr 7, 2007, 04:20:26
 
> This crazy and vicious "GPL enforcemen ...   Re: The pot calling the kettle “black”   
Blink
Apr 7, 2007, 07:47:00
 
> The real issue here is that by using G ...   Re: Re: RE: The pot calling the kettle “black”   
Blink
Apr 7, 2007, 07:54:49
 
> The BSD team made a stink using ad hom ...   Re: The whole exchange caused me to wonder ....   
Peter N. M. Hansteen
Apr 7, 2007, 18:10:05
 
The real story seems to have been that t ...   Re: Re: The whole exchange caused me to wonder ...   
whateverlabel2
Apr 8, 2007, 19:10:53
 
> Please avoid using the words "theft" o ...   Re: Re: Re: The whole exchange caused me to wonder   
Tony OBryan
Apr 9, 2007, 12:20:16
 
Linux folk used clean room reverse engen ...   If I understood this correctly   
Victor R. Rivarola S.
Apr 13, 2007, 03:51:49
 
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