At 12:14 AM 12/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>4) If it is a Linux virus, aren't they required to include the source
> code?
No. Just because the OS is GPLed doesn't mean that all software that runs
on it must also be GPLed, or even open-source. There *are* closed-source
software packages available for Linux, and this is perfectly legal.
If you engage in Linux or open-source advocacy, BTW, you should do some
more research on the ins and outs of open source licensing lest you confuse
the people you're trying to enlighten.
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Advocacy.html
http://zgp.org/~dmarti/linuxmanship/
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Kai MacTane
System Administrator
Online Partners.com, Inc.
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>From the Jargon File: (v4.0.0, 25 Jul 1996)
die horribly /v./
The software equivalent of crash and burn, and the preferred emphatic
form of die. "The converter choked on an FF in its input and died
horribly".
