On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 at 06:50:14PM -0400, Thomas Lakofski wrote: > If you suspected this, there are ways in which it can be shown that your > code has been stolen, as was done when Microsoft stole Stacker technology > and called it Doublespace in DOS 6.2. The risk of being caught is usually > enough deterrent, as if you were caught, the license terms of GPL'd > software would require the release of sources for all derivative works.
But weren't Microsoft found to have breached Stac's patent, rather than stolen actual code? I think actual code would be harder to prove than infringement of a patent. Hmaish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
