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| Authored by: Ian Al on Thursday, October 18 2012 @ 11:18 AM EDT |
Something tells me we won't need a ten year's supply of popcorn, this time.
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Ian Al
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| Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Thursday, October 18 2012 @ 12:27 PM EDT |
Independent Creation has nothing to do with Free Software. It has to do with
coming up with the same result without copying.
I don't know if Red Hat has the actual source code of the alleged copied program
yet, in any event it will probably be under seal or at least not part of the
public record.
Since the function is largely governed by specifications and since there are or
were other implementations (including BSD) which could be taken private or
licensed and since Red Hat although a contributor to the package did not
originate it, there remains a question of exactly what Red Hat software Twin
Peaks copied.
This may be somewhat similar to the issues in Google Oracle copyright
infringement, although it is somewhat removed from the API claims.
But then I may misunderstand this issue.
In the end it's all about making Red Hat prove it's allegations.
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Rsteinmetz - IANAL therefore my opinions are illegal.
"I could be wrong now, but I don't think so."
Randy Newman - The Title Theme from Monk
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