The same copyright that keeps Windows secret keeps Microsoft (and others) from just stealing GPL'ed projects.
You bring up an interesting point. What if the Windows source was analyzed for stolen GPL code? Wouldn't it make that part of the Windows OS GPL?
Would anyone (FSF?) sue Microsoft for copyleft infringement? The developer of mplayer is having just that problem. Only in his case, it is blatent and easy to detect.
This, by the way, is not an excuse for proliferating the code. I for one agree that anyone who sees it is tainted. Just don't risk it.
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Someone please fix the URL. It should be:
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
Thanks.
You bring up an interesting point. What if the Windows source was analyzed for stolen GPL code? Wouldn't it make that part of the Windows OS GPL?
Would anyone (FSF?) sue Microsoft for copyleft infringement? The developer of mplayer is having just that problem. Only in his case, it is blatent and easy to detect.
This, by the way, is not an excuse for proliferating the code. I for one agree that anyone who sees it is tainted. Just don't risk it.
Oh my God. I totally remember these. Wow, I really was a geek from a young age. Does any still have an old Battery Card?