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Date:      Thu, 11 Jun 1998 08:38:11 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
Cc:        dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, core@FreeBSD.ORG, cgd@netbsd.org, ross@netbsd.org, core@netbsd.org
Subject:   Re: Copyright infringement in FreeBSD/alpha 
Message-ID:  <28101.897547091@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 Jun 1998 18:25:59 PDT." <199806110125.SAA26554@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> 

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In message <199806110125.SAA26554@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>, Jason Thorpe writes:
>On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:15:04 -0500 (EST) 
> "John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> > I guess the good news is that our codebases are diverging?!?!?!?
> > In order to protect FreeBSD from NetBSD's litigious nature, it
> > seems that is best?  That is sad :-(.  I suspect that due to
> > the lack of cooperation, or cooperative attitude from NetBSD, that
> > FreeBSD will eventually move forward with a less encumbered Alpha
> > codebase, pushing the technology.  We can either work together,
> > or make each other enemies.  I wonder how long sniping from
> > NetBSD to FreeBSD will continue? 
>
>What planet are you on, John?  NetBSD's code is NO MORE ENCUMBERED than
>FreeBSD's.  The fact that we bitched about a copyright notice botch DOES
>NOT MEAN that NetBSD's code is somehow "more encumbered".

Interesting, If you have gotten rid of the NET2 stuff in your repository,
couldn't you extend CVS read-only access to more people then ?


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Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
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