From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Jun 10 17:42:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA03360 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:42:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lunacity.ne.mediaone.net (lunacity.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.118.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA02760; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:39:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mycroft@lunacity.ne.mediaone.net) Received: (from mycroft@localhost) by lunacity.ne.mediaone.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id UAA20587; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:40:32 -0400 (EDT) To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG 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 Subject: Re: Copyright infringement in FreeBSD/alpha References: <199806110014.TAA10898@dyson.iquest.net> From: mycroft@mit.edu (Charles M. Hannum) Date: 10 Jun 1998 20:40:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: "John S. Dyson"'s message of Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:14:10 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Lines: 25 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.2 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "John S. Dyson" writes: > Charles M. Hannum said: > > > > 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. That's *not* true. In the case in question, the code was *clearly* copied, and in fact a notice was later added -- but only after repeated insults and harassment by you, Garrett and Rod. Indeed, at one point I was told that a superset of the code had had my copyright notice removed and was sent to the Copyright Office to be registered under someone else's name (an allegation which itself appears to have been false). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message