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I would not say this is "spun." Furthermore, from his bio, "I am the General Counsel, pro bono, of the Open Source Initiative." My reaction to the HN title wa
by lanstein 17y ago
I would not say this is "spun." Furthermore, from his bio, "I am the General Counsel, pro bono, of the Open Source Initiative."
My reaction to the HN title was "wow, imagine if someone came on the Windows team and 'accidentally' included GPLed code..." ;)
- jacquesm 17y ago> "wow, imagine if someone came on the Windows team and 'accidentally' included GPLed code..." ;) I solemnly promise that if that comes to pass you will be credited with planting the seed. Now, does anybody have a way to get me on the windows team as a developer ?
- shpxnvz 17y agoThen they would simply remove the GPL code and push out an update. The GPL does not compel the release of source code - if they accidentally distribute a product that does not comply with the requirements of the included GPL software then they simply lose the right to distribute the GPL software at the copyright holder's discretion.