Re: A welcome change [LWN.net]

Re: A welcome change

Posted Apr 19, 2003 16:08 UTC (Sat) by rossb (guest, #10747)
In reply to: Re: A welcome change by Ross
Parent article: An apology from Novell's CEO

You mention his "often rambling and/or flame bait" messages on the topic, that's usually a clear sign that someone doesn't understand how "work for hire" functions, or they don't know how to negotiate terms of a contract.

It's easy, you sign up for a stint of writing or producing materials, and you get paid in full for it. The company gets the product, you get paid, they never come after you if you don't try to misappropriate the product.

Rest assured, if there's a real need for a replacement to that code, someone will undertake it. That's the great thing about this community (one of the great things, anyway) the information/code will find a way to be free.

(Different) Ross

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Re: A welcome change

Posted Apr 19, 2003 19:17 UTC (Sat) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link]

Yes, but just to be clear, I don't believe that anyone is claiming he "reused" the same code. The claim is that he is using knowledge and experience from when he wrote that code -- knowledge he wouldn't have otherwise. So any work on filesystems might be suspect. But since Microsoft hired him to work on NTFS, maybe I shouldn't be too concerned.