[TUHS] Microsoft, SCO, and a certain License

[grog@lemis.com (Greg 'groggy' Lehey)]

On Monday,  1 March 2004 at  0:46:35 -0000, Roger Willcocks wrote:
>> Hmm.  In that case, Microsoft *is* abusing the OpenBSD license by not
>> stating clearly that the code is derived in part from OpenBSD.
>
> See Q306819 -
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q306819 - Release
> Notes for Windows XP Contained in the Relnotes.htm File:
>
> ---snip---
> This product includes software developed by the University of California,
> Berkeley and its contributors.
>
> ...
> ---snip---
>
> although I would question whether there's an acknowledgement in all
> related advertising materials...

I suspect that that's sufficient.  The advertising clause has always
been a bone of contention.

Greg
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