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From: |
rjack |
Subject: |
Original code |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:12:47 -0500 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) |
In the ongoing BusyBox GPL lawsuit with Verizon, the
plaintiffs Rob Landley and Erik Andersen
must identify the specific source code in which *they*
claim ownership as the original authors. Does anyone have
any idea which source code is actually the plaintiffs sole
original work? The BusyBox site http://www.busybox.net/
lists a 12 MB patchfile and the following thirty five
derivative work contributors are acknowledged:
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The following login accounts currently exist on
busybox.net. (I.E. these people can commit patches into
subversion for the BusyBox, uClibc, and buildroot
projects.)
aldot :Bernhard Fischer
andersen :Erik Andersen - uClibc and BuildRoot
maintainer.
bug1 :Glenn McGrath
davidm :David McCullough
gkajmowi :Garrett Kajmowicz - uClibc++ maintainer
jbglaw :Jan-Benedict Glaw
jocke :Joakim Tjernlund
landley :Rob Landley - BusyBox maintainer
lethal :Paul Mundt
mjn3 :Manuel Novoa III
osuadmin :osuadmin
pgf :Paul Fox
pkj :Peter Kjellerstedt
prpplague :David Anders
psm :Peter S. Mazinger
russ :Russ Dill
sandman :Robert Griebl
sjhill :Steven J. Hill
solar :Ned Ludd
timr :Tim Riker
tobiasa :Tobias Anderberg
vapier :Mike Frysinger
The following accounts used to exist on busybox.net, but
don't anymore so I can't ask /etc/passwd for their names.
Rob Wentworth asked Google and recovered the names:
aaronl :Aaron Lehmann
beppu :John Beppu
dwhedon :David Whedon
erik :Erik Andersen
gfeldman :Gennady Feldman
jimg :Jim Gleason
kraai :Matt Kraai
markw :Mark Whitley
miles :Miles Bader
proski :Pavel Roskin
rjune :Richard June
tausq :Randolph Chung
vodz :Vladimir N. Oleynik
Sincerely,
Rjack :)
-- "To establish infringement, two elements must be proven: (1)
ownership of a valid copyright, and (2) copying of constituent
elements of the work that are original."; Feist Publications,
Inc. v. Rural Tel. Serv. Co., 499 U.S. 340, 361 (1991 --