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Comment by AtlasBarfed

7 years ago

Microsoft complaining about ripped off source code?

You are the blackest pot in the history of computer software.

https://www.geek.com/news/microsoft-uses-open-source-code-54...

https://lwn.net/Articles/245805/

It's BSD code in both examples. Given that the BSD license explicitly permits the sort of use in question, ripped off seems inaccurate.

Not that microsoft has never crossed any lines - even the naming of the Windows operating system seems morally dubious - but in this case I don't see any issue with what they've done.