Interview: Linux usage raises big legal concerns (Gulf News) [LWN.net]

Interview: Linux usage raises big legal concerns (Gulf News)

Posted Sep 15, 2003 13:14 UTC (Mon) by forthy (guest, #1525)
In reply to: Interview: Linux usage raises big legal concerns (Gulf News) by rev
Parent article: Interview: Linux usage raises big legal concerns (Gulf News)

> "How can one be sure that the code of software that has been contributed by
> programmers across the world to create this Linux software is unique and is not
> lifted from somewhere else?"

Well, Microsoft, listen: It's not our fault that you do not publish your sources. We do. You
can look at our sources and find what has been lifted from you. We also keep track of
who puts in which patch, and a number of our CVS (or bitkeeper in case of Linux)
repositories are publically available.

So publish your sources and we will be able to check if we lifted something from you. Or
that you lifted something from us, which is far more likely, given that our sources are
available, while yours aren't. Microsoft has a track record of stealing software,
remember Stacker?

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