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Re: Microsoft needs a help strategy


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: Microsoft needs a help strategy
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:07:23 +0100
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"amicus_curious" <ACDC@sti.net> writes:

> "Hyman Rosen" <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote in message
> news:w5qfl.37052$aG1.2333@newsfe25.iad...
>> amicus_curious wrote:
>>> The SFLC needs a quick hit so they can get on to the next  victim.
>> > They cannot afford to be tied up in any real litigation.
>>
>> That is mere wishful thinking on your part. The purpose of the
>> SFLC is to enforce compliance with the GPL. In the Verizon case,
>> the source code for the firmware is made available by the
>> manufacturer of the router.
>
> Big deal.  The source code for the firmware was already available in
> dozens of places.  What good is one more snapshot? 

It needs to be the corresponding snapshot if you want to debug stuff
and/or do incremental changes.

-- 
David Kastrup


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