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Re: 'It's just a f*cking kernel...'
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Geico Caveman |
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Re: 'It's just a f*cking kernel...' |
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Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:00:04 -0500 |
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Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> > Same thing that stops most people from not stealing things from
> > your home: the law, and the repercussions of breaking said law.
>
> Irrelevant. The corresponding situation here would be if the thief
> broke into your house, copied your papers, and then left, and if
> the same thief had the right to decide if the police / public could
> see his papers at all.
>
> It is quite relevant. The theif, police and/or public do not decide
> that. The judge judge does. There is this thing called a search
> warrant you know.
>
Which is issued when theft is detectable. Pray tell us how is copying GPL
code into code that no one can see, detectable.
> Microsoft has the power to circumvent detection (closed source - if
> you see it, you have to sign a non-disclosure agreement). So, fear
> of law does not come into play here.
>
> Sure it does. Microsoft doesn't have the means to circumvent
> detection, unless they stop distributing binaries. You do not need
> the source code to figure out if a program is similar enough, software
> is not black magic.
Let us say that Microsoft ships a windows version (service pack) that does
page writes faster. For starters, this would be hard to detect. Second,
there is no probable cause - Microsoft can simply say they made a better
mousetrap, to borrow a phrase.
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