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Usenix President - Linux Needs Better Paper Trail

Posted by simoniker on from the follow-the-shredded-lawsuits dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Usenix Association president Marshall Kirk McKusick is a veteran of BSD's intellectual property scuffle with AT&T in the 1990s, and he's got some thoughts and advice for the keepers of the Linux kernel going forward, commenting: 'There isn't a well-documented ownership trail with Linux. So, they have opened themselves up to a swamp of 'he said-she said' about where code came from'."

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  1. YAY haha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OMG FIRST POST :D:D:D hehehe

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

      Congratualtions. You have made your mark on history. Centuries from now, this moment will be remembered. I'm flush.

  2. er by mastergoon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Which continent is Usenix on? I've never even heard of that country.

  3. Linux HAS a paper trail. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And it's double-quilted and feels real good against my heinie.

  4. the payper trials of corepirate nazi stock markup by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    felon execrable, could use improvement too, starting at the top.

    lookout bullow.

    all is not lost.

    consult with/trust in yOUR creators... the evidence is overwhelming.

  5. Re:infOrmative M4reMare by julesh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    for the s7ate of And its long term [goat.cx]

    Right. The link text makes no sense, and the link points to the wrong site. Even the goatse.cx trolls are going downhill these days.

  6. Going Forward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That phrase is my enemy. Where else are you going to go in the timeline? Sideways? Back in time? ...idiots.

    Once I was in an "information session" where the presenter used the retarded phrase "going forward" at the end of almost every sentence for a good 5-10 minutes. Argh! Idiots!

    PHB: "You seem like a motivated employee with growth potential. Let me zip off an email to BOB in ACCOUNTING so he can matrix you in on a teleconference today at TWO with our HOUSTON office......SYNERGY!!"

    Speak English, Klingon dogs!

  7. Re:Site's a little slow by karmatic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes