Lawsuit accuses Google of code theft

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...the only OS maker convicted of software piracy and stealing IP is Microsoft:

http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2001/12/h081201microsoft_softwarepiracy.html

Funny you should mention UNIX. Both a California state judge and a Federal judge in the 80's told AT&T/Bell Labs to forget about exclusive ownership of *NIX because students and faculty at the University of California had contributed so much code (like multi-drive disc controller system-level drivers, for one prominent example) that nobody could claim exclusive IP on the entire OS. Which is why FreeBSD is allowed.

Now, don't you have a bridge to be under? Toddle off.

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