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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. so which is worse by digitalsushi · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    which is worse... stealing non-free code, or selling free code?

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