[NCLUG] What a winner of a case .... understanding copyright

jbass at dmsd.com jbass at dmsd.com
Mon Jul 28 01:17:57 MDT 2003


Sean Reifschneider, <jafo at tummy.com> writes:
>On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 06:59:37AM -0600, jbass at dmsd.com wrote:
>>Does anybody know of any current UNIX kernel vendor that is moving
>>to Linux that has properly issolated their UNIX teams and their
>>Linux teams to effect the clean-room mandate for code moved between
>>the environments? I don't.
>
>Let's ask this a different way: Does anyone know of companies with
>access to UNIX code who are contributing to Linux and are *NOT* using a
>cleanroom to do so?

The revised question is a bit more direct, but so are the potential
liabilities for anyone responding "yes" they know of companies violating
accepted practices. There is almost no risk to say "yes" the following
companies are doing it right.

Have fun,
John



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