I read the whole thread at gmane and I'm disgusted that a Linux developer would turn on a BSD developer like that, but I'm not surprised.
Theo makes the point that Buesch and Co. are treating Marcus like a thief. They all deny it (claiming they want to help Marcus and the situation), but then they show their true colors when Buesch himself says- "The way OpenBSD folks used our code was a complete lack of respect for us. Fullstop." That clearly exposes that Buesch thinks Marcus didn't make a 'mistake', but did something on purpose... like a --thief--. Buesch cc'd a large part of the community on his initial email, which itself was rude. Why? Because Buesch clearly thinks he and his driver are more important than treating Marcus like a human being, and the chance to look important via controversy just couldn't be resisted. This is Buesch's big moment! His 15 minutes of fame! And unfortunately, it worked. That, to me, means Buesch is an asshole. He made more of a name for himself in this bullshit fight then he would've for just being the author of the GPL driver. He did it at the expense of Marcus, he did it on purpose, and that is wrong. Plain and simple. 'Fullstop'. Anyone that tries to handle an issue like Buesch has handled this one is just trying to ham it up in the public spotlight. Theo rightly came to Marcus' defense because that's Theo's job. Theo gains nothing from this except the understanding amongst OBSD devs that anyone that develops for OBSD won't be left in the cold when this shit happens. Kudos to you, Theo. danno
