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schestowitz> That sounds like Florian and the Hercules gang.Apr 09 08:09
schestowitz> Apr 09 08:09
schestowitz> Again, people misunderstand when I explain the law with what theyApr 09 08:09
schestowitz> imagine my personal views are.  IBM does have the right. LegallyApr 09 08:09
schestowitz> they do.  Those guys were pretending that Hercules the companyApr 09 08:09
schestowitz> and Hercules the open source project were the same, and thatApr 09 08:09
schestowitz> therefore IBM had no right to sue, because they'd promised notApr 09 08:09
schestowitz> to sue open source projects.  I pointed out the difference btwApr 09 08:09
schestowitz> the project and the company, which is essentially proprietary, andApr 09 08:09
schestowitz> hence IBM has the right to sue without violating its promise.Apr 09 08:09
schestowitz> Apr 09 08:09
schestowitz> Those guys are not confused, of course. They just like toApr 09 08:09
schestowitz> attack.Apr 09 08:09
schestowitzGroklaw needs to watch out for people who try to incite against Groklaw (and sometimes succeed). I had that done to me for years.Apr 09 08:09
schestowitz> I didn't write that.  I never comment anywhere but on Groklaw, unless IApr 09 08:10
schestowitz> write about it on Groklaw.  It's someone pretending to be me.Apr 09 08:10
schestowitz> Apr 09 08:10
schestowitz> You ought to realize it, since it says I claim to be aApr 09 08:10
schestowitz> programmer, which you know I am not.Apr 09 08:10
schestowitzNo, I was talking about myself there. I have two jobs ATM: one as a sysadmin, the other coding (post-doc).Apr 09 08:10
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