1 Mar
2003
1 Mar
'03
3:54 p.m.
On 01 Mar 2003 12:42:44 -0600
"Jan \"Evil Twin\" Depner" <eviltwin69(a)cableone.net> wrote:
It appears that the BSA may be one of open
source's biggest allies.
There was a story on Slashdot yesterday
( http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/02/28/1317244.shtml?tid=109 )
about how the BSA sent a "cease and desist" order to the University
of Muenster in Germany for having copies of M$ Office on their FTP
server.
Unfortunately, the files were actually RPMs of OpenOffice. Seems
the BSA just looked for the word "office" and automatically sent out
their harassment letters.
Sheesh.
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