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Castle Technology UK Ripping off Kernel Code?

Posted by chrisd on from the bad-company-no-cookie-for-you dept.

Jonathan Riddell writes "`It would appear that Castle Technology Limited, UK, have taken some of the Linux 2.5 code, and incorporated it into their own product, "RISC OS", which is distributed in binary ROM form built into machines they sell. This code is linked with other proprietary code.' Full details from Russell King on lkml."

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  1. Test for the GPL by Picass0 · · Score: 4, Funny


    Let's see if the goat has teeth!

  2. They've recieved one warning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And apparantly it just resulted in them trying to better hide the incriminating code in later versions of the product.

    Okay, then. Let's get everybody forming into single-file lines; you'll receive your pitchforks on the left, torches on the right. Please, no shoving, there will be plenty for everyone.

  3. KING writes about CASTLE? by monadicIO · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is this for real?

    --

    The law of excluded middle : Either I'm foo or I'm foobar

  4. Re:Pirates! by wcmcgr · · Score: 4, Funny

    isn't it a little ironic a messanger titled "IntegrityMessenger" ripping off someone elses code?