Posted on 05/17/2004 6:51:16 AM PDT by N3WBI3
Torvalds claim to "invent" Linux probably false, says new study
Fri May 14, 5:49 PM ET
Washington, DC (FeatureXpress) May 14, 2004 - Popular but controversial "open source" computer software, often contributed on a volunteer basis, is often taken or adapted without permission from material owned by other companies and individuals, a study by the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution finds. Among other points, the study directly challenges Linus Torvalds (news - web sites)' claim to be the inventor of Linux (news - web sites). In one of the few extensive studies on the source of open source code, Kenneth Brown, president of AdTI, traces the free software movement over three decades -- from its romantic but questionable beginnings, through its evolution to a commercial effort that draws on unpaid contributions from thousands of programmers. Brown's account is based on extensive interviews with more than two dozen leading technologists including Richard Stallman, Dennis Ritchie, and Andrew Tanenbaum.
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Hey havoc what's the damn answer?
And the answer is ..........?
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MIT Comp Center and University of Michigan had close ties in the early 60s, and there was an informal group studying virtual memory in 1964 that included MIT and U of M researchers. The paper "Program and Addressing Structure in a Time-Sharing Environment," by Arden, Galler, and Westervelt (CACM, January 1966), was based on these discussions and especially on work by MIT professors Jack Dennis and Earl Van Horn. MIT and U of M participated in discussions with IBM about a virtual memory machine
Your words: but the kernel he started with -- Andrew S. Tanenbaum's Minix -- was unambiguously described by its author as "an open source Unix clone."
I thought that basic copyright law included the principle that one
can NOT
copyright ideas,
only their particular, specific expression in certain words and word patterns or, in this case,
in certain code and code patterns????
"Alien puppet Linus swiped Linux from SCO, says balanced study:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/17/adti_linux_fud"
Oh, I can stay on topic - just trying to lighten up the atmosphere a bit. It was MS Bob, btw.
Bob. Talk to bob.
And Linus's father is not Linus you still point out he was a commnist..
Umm who here has said Linux would have existed, or even is not based on Unix... Try to keep up man!
From the Link:
The Alexis de Tocqueville Society, initiated in March, 1984, is designed to deepen the understanding, commitment and support of individuals to United Ways and to recognize the deep commitment to service. Membership in the Society is granted to individuals who contribute at least $10,000 annually to the United Way which includes most major United Ways. Thank you to all of these individuals who have made such a difference in their local community!
Once again more FUD on this thread that many are blind to. Look I'm disputing the fact that MS has contributed to the group, I just am disputing the Iron Clad Proof that they are an MS bought and paid for shill. Look up some news on them and look at what they do, they are heavily into IP protection since before it became an issue with the software industry I'm sure that they may have some common perspectives. I am not saying that they couldn't be biased, but you shouldn't believe everything you read on Wired or Slashdot any more than FR.
See #132 and please admit what you should...
See Post #132
I was programming in BASIC in 1977, was MS around then?
Rofl. I'll have to tell that to the guys at work.
Stipulating that I don't know that they weren't ripping off KID's Desk LOL, I'll give them BOB. And what can one say about Bob... It's like beyond words, an enigma. We still have no clue what the point of it really was... LOL.
Would be fun to post a chart showing where all the MS apps were ripped from. And line it up next to a list of companies MS destroyed so they could canibalize their product and put an MS label on it and the like... Lord knows if IBM ever excercised it's copywrite authority over NTFS (HPFS), and other proprietary code MS has used for years without license, IBM could own Microsoft. And MS doesn't have the integrity to settle up on it's own; but, they'll sure beat up anyone who looks to be infringing their rights.. Ah the smell of hypocrisy in the air, huh rofl.
Kinda reminds me of a quote from a (relatively young) kid of another family who had never eaten Wonder Bread. He had seen the ads on TV and convinced his parents to buy some. Upon trying it, his comment apparently was "THIS is Wonder Bread?"
best damn OS = VMS
:-)
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