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From: dmuntz@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Dan Muntz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: PCMCIA support on FreeBSD/NetBsd
Date: 21 Aug 1994 15:09:03 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept.
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In article <MICHAELV.94Aug21043941@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>,
Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> wrote:
>
>And, why should we submit code to Bill so he can consider
>incorporating it, without any attribution of the author, or without
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>any hint of its status for another year and a half, when such code is
>already running in NetBSD, today?

Without any attribution of the author?  Do you have knowledge of Bill doing
this before (there are plenty of reasons not to submit code without making
things up)?  If so, has he done it any more often than the NetBSD/FreeBSD
teams; was he not willing to correct such an oversight?

  -Dan