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Re:Theo de Raadt on LLVM license change by foodstances on Saturday October 01, 2016 @12:38PM (#12618603)
How does the "ipfilter debacle" relate to "copyright theft" in your mind? Darren Reed changed the license text on his ipfilter software to clarify that modified versions were not permitted, and so his software was removed from OpenBSD.
Re:Theo de Raadt on LLVM license change by kod on Saturday October 01, 2016 @08:32PM (#12620525)
Darren Reed's original license didnt grant the right to make derivative works, the modification just clarified that. Theo spent a lot of time arguing that OpenBSD's derivative work was still fair use and / or covered by the section of copyright law allowing you to copy a program you own into ram and modify it. Both of those arguments were total BS, and just used as justification for shipping the modified code even after they had been notified of the license violation.