Oh, yeah, old but untrue rumor AFAIK. There was even an informal response by one of the lead TCP/IP stack coders at Microsoft about it. I think he said that Microsoft *had* used some slightly altered BSD code for ping, traceroute, etc., since that was pretty much standard practice when developing a TCP/IP stack, but that was it.
If memory serves, he, or someone else at Microsoft, had even quipped that if they had stolen the code that their first implementation would have been faster.. :) The comments should be available via Google somewhere I think. Regardless, I don't think it's possible to "steal" BSD code by virtue of the BSD license. I don't even think you are required to include the Berkeley notice anymore? True? Not true? -- Dustin Puryear President and Sr. Consultant Puryear Information Technology, LLC 225-706-8414 x112 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ Brad Bendily wrote: >> What code does Microsoft have that belongs to Linux? I've heard that >> one. I'd like to know more. > > I always thought it was the IP stack. They had stolen or borrowed most > of the BSD network stack maybe? > bb > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. > http://esva.puryear-it.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id= > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
