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From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: *BSD* Security WWW/Mailing List?
Date: 20 Apr 1997 22:27:55 -0700
Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc.
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In article <5jejsr$g22$1@threadway.teeny.org>,
Jason Downs <downsj@threadway.teeny.org> wrote:

>In article <5jeb2b$ata@cynic.portal.ca>,
>	 cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) writes:
>>Yeah, it's just when you take entire ports that you don't give
>>credit, hmm? If you've got the name of the person who wrote your
>>Alpha port anywhere outside the source code, it's well hidden enough
>>that I can't find it. And that goes for a lot of other code, too.
>
>Most people would be smart enough to go look at the source, read any
>relevant copyright notices, the preserved NetBSD RCS IDs, the commit
>messages that mention NetBSD, etc.
>
>Or is this just too difficult for you?

No. On the other hand, following the licence agreements in the
source that you are importing seems too difficult for you folks.

At any rate, I shan't discuss this further here. If you really
can't read the licences, send me e-mail and I'll point out your
violations.

cjs
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Curt Sampson    cjs@portal.ca	   Info at http://www.portal.ca/
Internet Portal Services, Inc.	   Through infinite myst, software reverberates
Vancouver, BC  (604) 257-9400	   In code possess'd of invisible folly.