[Am-info] [Fwd:MS borrowed zlib code]

[Joe Barr]

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They are guilty of lying and of speaking out of both sides of their
mouth at the same time.  They have regularly used open source the past
ten years, but they haven't told anyone, especially their customers.=20
When deemed appropriate, they slam open source as being second rate.

What has happened here is not new, it is just another example of their
corporate dishonesty.

What is lame is to say they have done thing wrong. =20

See ya,
Joe Barr



On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 16:04, Ah Pook wrote:
> "Erick Andrews" <eandrews@star.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:43:18 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> > >"According to a report on CNET, Microsoft is scramling to fix
> > > programs that contain code from zlib. This is funny from several
> > > angles. First, MS has once again been caught borrowing code from an
> > > open source project. Second, they gave no credit to the creators of
> > > zlib. The are able to do this because zlib is not GPL. But once
> > > again, they have been caught borrowing from a movement that they
> > > otherwise attack. The entire article is here:"
> > >
> > >http://news.com.com/2100-1001-860328.html
> >
> > "Borrowed"? =20
> >
> > That's a lame word.  And "fair use" doesn't quite settle, either.
> >
> > Let's see, to not even give credit that leaves plagiarism or outright
> > stealing.  Yes?
>=20
> 	No.  Read the license.  "Once again been caught borrowing" is a lame=20
> construct.  They're not guilty of anything here.
> 	///
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