Busybox Developer Responds To Andersen-SFLC Lawsuits 316
Bruce Perens writes "I'm the creator of the Busybox program. I have released a statement on the past and current Busybox lawsuits, which do not represent my interest."
Life is a healthy respect for mother nature laced with greed.
Hey (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Hey (Score:4, Funny)
No pitching your own crappy stuff here, ok?
On Slashdot?! You must be new here.
Slashdot: Stuff that matters... (Score:1, Funny)
...to Bruce Perens.
Re:Proposition (Score:2, Funny)
This should be settled in a civilized manner. I suggest the lowest slashdot id wins.
GPL == ClusterFuck (Score:1, Funny)
No wonder the major forces in unix development these days, Google and Apple, are entirely BSD focused.
Re:What's your point Bruce? (Score:3, Funny)
Putting up a public blog complaining that you're not represented doesn't seem like a very nice way to go about it. How you handle such matters will reflect on you and your business. OTOH if business is slow, any PR will do in a pinch I guess.
Re:Raises an interesting issue (Score:1, Funny)
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So no, he didn't "tweet". A "tweet" is no more than 160 characters, posted on (by definition) Twitter, and is retarded. That post meets none of the requirements that would define it as a tweet. Your post, however, meets two of those three requirements.
Just to be clear (Score:2, Funny)
Some people here may find this story obscure, or hard to understand. Let me help out.
Busybox is a collection of tools for downloading and indexing pornographic data. Bruce Perens is the cousin of Jimbo Wales and got his start back when Wikipedia was supposed to be a porn repository.
Re:OT: Can someone verify BP's favicon? (Score:3, Funny)
Bill
Why not BSD or Mozilla it? (Score:3, Funny)
Bruce, why not change the license to something more agreeable with the general public. At least that way, you'd help keep the honest guys honest.... and also make using and modifying busybox related stuff all that more easier and inviting.
Re:Raises an interesting issue (Score:3, Funny)
and violating the GNU
Don't do that. They've got pointy horns and know how to use them.