From: Jason Dixon (jasondixongroup.net)
Date: Thu Apr 05 2007 - 13:56:37 CDT

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On Apr 5, 2007, at 2:37 PM, Theo de Raadt wrote:

> Marcus was not really given much choice. Well, he was given some
> other choices, but they are rather ridiculous. He was accused, and
> quite frankly attacked, and Marcus has made his choice as to how to
> react.
>
> I will stand by him to make his own choice as he sees fit.
>
> This whole thing is not purely about the GPL license, but about the
> informing/enforcement approach taken by the Linux Broadcom people
> towards handling this issue. Their approach is inhuman and
> unacceptable.
>
> There are various lists on the net where more can be found out about
> this, and if people want to go find out more they should go search a
> bit.

The way they chose to "notify" Marcus shows a complete lack of
respect for Marcus. As Theo expressed in the thread, there is NO
DOUBT that they would have notified a corporation privately. Why
would you treat an individual, working on the code out of their own
desire, with less respect?

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Jason Dixon
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net

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