I see the issue simply as a disingenuous effort by a Linux dev to shame and OBSD dev for the purposes of self-promotion. And shamefully, and at the expense of Marcus, it worked.
Marcus can't really go after Buesch the way a corporation could (and would), and knowing this, Buesch seized the opportunity and ran it up the flagpole. 'Inhuman' is not an outrageous term for him; unless, of course, it is considered 'human' to take advantage of a situation the way Buesch did. I Danno -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas Allan Tutty Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:15 PM To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: bcw(4) is gone On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 09:46:28AM -0500, Marco Peereboom wrote: > What you people seem to miss in the whole discussion here is that Linux > people contact vendors IN PRIVATE if they find GPL violations yet a > valuable member of the open source community does not get the same > courtesy. Only bad things happen when one looks at Linux code. This is > yet another example of it. This also underscores once more that Linux > as a community is dead. > This should have been handled in private in a respectful manner. The two parties could have quickly released an agreed statement of facts that left the public clear that a mistake had been made in uploading something to the cvs under the wrong licence. My guess (I'm no lawyer) is that if the GPL people started out with a public accusation like this towards a corporation, then they would be facing a slander and lible suit.
