Lessons from the SCO/IBM Dispute (Freedom To Tinker)

Lessons from the SCO/IBM Dispute (Freedom To Tinker)

Posted Jun 12, 2003 18:28 UTC (Thu) by openhacker (subscriber, #1614)
In reply to: Lessons from the SCO/IBM Dispute (Freedom To Tinker) by JoeBuck
Parent article: Lessons from the SCO/IBM Dispute (Freedom To Tinker)

I've seen cases where I've used proprietary
products with a source license where various software
from other people (I think it was BSD derived) had
the copyright stripped off and replaced with a new
company.

Most programmers I've seen don't understand copyright --
they put a template on their files.

I just worked with one embedded compiler (which isn't being manufactured
anymore)with a stub:

int open(const char *path, int mode)
{
return -1; /* not available */
}

with a 20 line boilerplate copyright on top saying its confidential
information and a trade secret...

(geez, am I allowed to reveal this? ;-))

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