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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. already? by Suppafly · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Hasn't this already been posted here once or twice already.. this is one of the few sites I get net news at, and I know I've heard this several times..

  2. Re:I wonder... by ScottKin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Caution: Flame-thrower detected in previous post!

    As if Open-Hole Software works flawlessly!

    The moron that mod'ed the parent-post to this should be flogged with Cat5 cable.

    BHAH!!!

    ScottKin

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  3. One of the best replies to Microsoft FUD I've read by mansemat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The Peruvian Congressman's reply to the Microsoft FUD has to be one of the most well thought out, and level-headed arguments against MS that I have read. It's a rather long read, but you should check it out.

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