Re: Free/OpenSource software?
On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 at 06:50:14PM -0400, Thomas Lakofski wrote:
> If you suspected this, there are ways in which it can be shown that your
> code has been stolen, as was done when Microsoft stole Stacker technology
> and called it Doublespace in DOS 6.2. The risk of being caught is usually
> enough deterrent, as if you were caught, the license terms of GPL'd
> software would require the release of sources for all derivative works.
But weren't Microsoft found to have breached Stac's patent, rather than
stolen actual code? I think actual code would be harder to prove
than infringement of a patent.
Hmaish
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