Busybox Developer Responds To Andersen-SFLC Lawsuits

Bruce Perens writes "I'm the creator of the Busybox program. I have released a statement on the past and current Busybox lawsuits, which do not represent my interest."

Comments

Re:Backing Bruce's Copyright

[larry bagina]

what the fuck are you smoking? If bruce's code is gone, then what does he have copyright on? The use of the GPL license?

Drama, drama.

[Anonymous Coward]

Tired of all the pointless drama? Looking for a way to encourage the open source movement to stop wasting time on boring stuff that ultimately doesn't really matter and just keep on producing cool and useful stuff? Then step right up, the solution to our problems has finally arrived!... several years ago.

Re:Worst summary ever.

[BitZtream]

So you're arguing over if or if not you are to be included in a lawsuit about if someone has or hasn't violated a copyright ... and you don't even care enough to know if anyone is bothering to expect any damages or what they are?

Are you fucking kidding me?

As if the lawsuit itself isn't an example of a waste of time for the courts, you being all wishywashy about it and just basically being a pain in the ass is a very bad example for companies who may at some point consider using GPL software.

Look guys, they'll sue you and waste your time even if they aren't actually trying to get anything out of it.

You're all acting like those annoying bullies in school who didn't actually want to do anything more than be a pain in your ass to watch you suffer.

I realize that its about getting companies to respect GPL, but until you guys stop acting like a bunch of school kids fighting amongst yourselves, why the hell should anyone else take you seriously? If you actually don't care, shut the hell up, if you do care, act like it, and no posting a little quip on your blog and sending it to slashdot is not actually doing something about it, thats called whining.