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Microsoft's Overlooked Code Theft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the respect-for-intellectual-property dept.

Like2Byte was one of many readers to point out that "Newsforge is reporting that Microsoft was fined by a French court for three million francs "because it illegally included another company's proprietary source code in SoftImage 3D," something which (as the story points out) went mostly unremarked at the time. This is one of the points mentioned by Peruvian Senator David Villanueva Nuñez in his response to Microsoft FUD.

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  1. Why an entire article? by October_30th · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    And why does this deserve an entire article?

    The congressman's letter was already posted twice.

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    1. Re:Why an entire article? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      So everyone can bash Microsoft again.....and again....and again.....and again.....

    2. Re:Why an entire article? by October_30th · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      At this time I cannot see another post making this same point.

      How was my post redundant? This is unfair moderation in action.

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      The owls are not what they seem
    3. Re:Why an entire article? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You asked not to be modded up in your sig fucktard

    4. Re:Why an entire article? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      I don't care about karma as long as it doesn't affect my capability to post. I'd rather not get modded up because it makes me susceptible to down moderation.

      Now, thanks to my original post in this thread, I have been IP banned again. Thanks to the idiotic "redundant" moderations. That's what I care about.

    5. Re:Why an entire article? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      That's where I would like to stay. Read my journal.

      That's why I've got the sig in the first place.

      It just seems that on Slashdot you either have to toe the party line and post in a certain politically correct way (in this instance, I should not have questioned the MS-bashing topic in this article), or face the prospect of having to troll and crapflood all the time to maintain the -1 heaven.

  2. francs... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "three million francs"... what's that... a couple hundred bucks? Big whoop.

    1. Re:francs... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I believe it's $500,000 (more or less).

  3. I EAT THIS SHIT BY THE GALLON... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and can fuck like a wild animal!

    Soup Number Five - Believed to be an aphrodisiac, soup number five, or goat scrotum cooked in a broth, is an extra-special and much sought-after pulutan of the older beer-binging set. Sometimes, cow testicles are used. People who can cook this dish well enjoy legendary status among their peers. People who can stomach it have the right to brag about it all the time.
  4. Attack of the clones review by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just posted a link to it in the submission que.

  5. Slow news day... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Must be if now /. is going to run old "MS is evil" news.

  6. Antitrust by freeweed · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Actually was a not half-bad movie, if you can get past Ryan Phillipe (sp?) as a l33t computer geek.

    Tim Robbins' portrayal of the evil CEO was spooky - part Bill Gates, and to me part Steve Jobs. Hell, he even LOOKED a lot like a hip Gates.

    VERY overboard movie in terms of the paranoia/conspiracy theory angle, but still, a fun watch, and a fair bit of industry jokes aimed squarely at Microsoft.

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  7. Re:Rumor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    no but i fucked your mom, har har har.

  8. Re:Please excuse the enormous decoy by Jon+Howard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Speaking of... what ever happened to Gary condit and Chandra Levy?

    I must have missed it.

  9. *newsflash* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This just in: (OSDN EXCLUSIVE!!)

    Today, the open source community found out that Microsoft got a slap on the wrist in some other country a year ago. There is much rejoicing all around! Spread the good word!!

    1. Re:*newsflash* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Look, I've already said sorry about that a million times already! I've told you, vodka just does that too me sometimes!

      -Bowie J. Poag

  10. Re:I wonder... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    try this.....

    #include <stdlib.h>

    int main()
    {
    char* p = NULL;

    p = malloc(6666);

    free(p);
    free(p);

    return 0;
    }

    Code distributed under GPL.

    try it - it segfaults under Linux. but it's GPL'd, so it means it shouldnt, right?

  11. Re:I wonder... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Go bugger yourself with a fish fork.

  12. mod parent up please by MrResistor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is probably the most insightful comment I've read today.

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  13. Re:I wonder... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What is a fish fork?

    Slow Down Cowboy!

  14. Re:I wonder... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A fork. For fish.

    Did your mother drop you as a child?

  15. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MOD PARENT UP

  16. +1: Funny! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey moderators, wake up!