我与 FreeBSD 内核开发者 Søren Schmidt的通信：LINUX在剽窃FREEBSD

我与 FreeBSD 内核开发者 Søren Schmidt的通信：LINUX在剽窃FREEBSD


当年我了解到FreeBSD的源代码被LINUX剽窃一事后，给FreeBSD 内核开发者Søren Schmidt去了一封信，并且收到了他的回信，以下是回信内容，证实了LINUX的剽窃行为。




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Re: oh,sos,linux-kernel has copied some of code of bsd.......2006年7月16日 周日下午6:35
发件人: "Søren Schmidt" <sos@deepcore.dk>将发件人添加到联系人
收件人: "yuyan taiji" <taijiyuyan@yahoo.com.cn>
yuyan taiji wrote:
> oh,sos,glad to meet you ,someone tell me that
> "linux-kernel has copied some of code of bsd",is that
> true? can you tell me ?
>   


Hi !


Yes its true, they copied the Promise and Highpoint metadata structures with comments and all, they just ripped off the copyright headers.
I got pretty miffed about it as I spent several hours doing that work so... It eventually was sortof settled so they acknowledged the origins of the code in some of their files.


> i have read
> "http://bsdnews.com/view_story.php3?story_id=2416","S&oslash;ren
> Schmidt was browsing through the 2.4.10 linux kernel
> source when he saw something that looked a bit
> familiar. Too familiar in fact. S&oslash;ren is the
> principle developer of FreeBSD's ATA drivers,
> including FreeBSD's support for ATA RAID cards, and as
> he looked through the linux/drivers/ide/ files the
> sense of deja vu was overwhelming. Read on for more. "..............
> 
> and know your email from this link..
> 
> can you tell me more codes of linux-kernel that is
> perhaps from freebsd?
> tks!
> 
>   
Not really, I dont normally read the Linux kernel code, unless someone points me to things like the above.
I belive in writing code myself from specs is way better and more fun than copying others work :)


> god bless you
> 
> a chinese boy.
>   


Take care!!

-Søren

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在给大家一个网址，可以上去看，

http://slashdot.org/story/01/09/24/1432223/ip-theft-in-the-linux-kernel

评论中有这么一句值得注意的：

Microsoft has incorporated BSD code into Windows various times, each time giving proper credit and keeping copyright notices intact. 
Don't try to reflect this onto Microsoft. Clearly the Linux developers fucked up here.